From the Ashes
A Historian spoke in the class in the far future asked his students with a question
"Why did the Federation of United Citizens fell?"
He asked to a variety of student of different species that attended his lecture.
Floating servitor skulls opened a video feed of the past history of the founding of the Celestial Imperium. The new government is not shy to show the foundation on why it had become the way things are. Historical documents is shown openly to learn the past actions of the former government have become the catalyst of the new world.
It attributed to many things.
Some theorized the fact that technology Alexander have advanced humanity against the bugs have unknowingly promoted the decay of morality...
Or was it a fact that he made Councils beyond federation powers that allowed the Primarchs, Space Marines and Xenos to have a organization to have a direct voice to the Sky Marshal?
Or was it the fact that he made a law that machines that gain sentience is eligible to join humanity and treated as a Equal. Or they had more leniency on their working hours just the same as any organic?
Or the fact that Human nature became unhinged beyond the system the former government of order could control. Their debauchery have degraded what they fought against?
Many scholars debated the founding of why the Celestial Imperium rose from the Ashes of the civil war.
And the fact the previous government organization was hostile to him and sought to overthrow him at the moment of victory against the bugs. And recordings of Ignis feats was one of many that wished to join the Celestial Imperium Mech legions. And the truth that held within those recordings.
But they all agree the fact that it was that single moment In the high lord life, that changed his stance of perspective of the Federation.
The death of His Father.
Many tried to use simulations the alternative of preventing the death of the Joseph solair. But all ended in failure. As Alexander made too many enemies and none of the appeasement was enough for their greed. If that attack hadn't happened... There was less casualties in hindsight.
The scholars of tomorrow never understood the decision of the past...
[A week after Ignis is sent on a Suicidal crusade.]
Alexander watched as his friend is going on a trip to defend humanity. His movements is now being strained as organization beyond his control is contacted by individuals.
The price of the sky marshall is high, his movement is constantly observe by the good and bad of the people. Every action is always criticism of his doing. If he was kind to other sectors, the rest criticize him for not doing good enough.
He spent thousands of years of defending humanity... And slowly he became more cynical as the veterans that allowed to be vote his policies is being bought off by capitalist that is becoming a corporate oligarchy as more and more people wanted to oust him. The parasites... He muttered as he stamped the documents...
He was inching towards Andrew Ryan madness as more and more people forgetting the fact that service guarantee citizenship. And the younger people demanding to want to democratize by allowing everyone to get a vote. And deep in the depths of Fednet is sermons of worshiping Karl Marx and Sacrificing goats to a dead man.
It already touched his nerve as allowing people to vote wantonly have caused his death in the first life..
It began to protest by the storm as Alexander supposed to meet them and when he met the leaders, it felt... inorganic as if it was paid by something.
The bet of him and his detractor was in the open-end. And the media smell blood in the water, as what they know about, believing that he sent them with just a gun and a underpants. Many videos of slamming his administration grew by the day.
No... He gave them the best of what he could afford under his jurisdiction. He would gladly sent a Space Marine legion to aid them... But sitting in his office is becoming more like a cage he willingly stepped into to save it from destruction.
The fleet was made for them alone along with the freshly manufactured mechs that is outside the restrictions made by the dissatisfied people, but the detractors told the masses that he was playing favoritism. Favoritism for what? For a group that is going to be the spearhead and be well equipped to handle the job. He wanted to scream at the morons that thinks bugs are just dumb bugs that using spores, and remaining out of touch that the insectoid disaster is getting more and more evolved to the point that scanners may not be able to detect their invasion.
And the people ignore the reality and cling on to the fact that he is already stepped the boundaries of the Executive branch.
He didn't answer the slanderous hit pieces as the people that knew of the bet as the moment he opened his mouth, the media that was supposed to bring the Truth is now slandering at him at every turn.
That this is the one risky move made by the opposition and it solidifies the concept of victory in their deluded mind as reporters made hitpieces on his actions..
He sighed as he watched the situation outside his office.
Too long that klendathu was out of humanity grasp.
And too much blood was paid to maintain that fortress in deep within the enemy lines.
He does not care about the hit pieces as the first videos of Ignis managed to secure victory made him proud to have a friend like them. They knew that they were sent to hell, but they didn't complain, at least he give them time off as the mental strain of fighting monsters long before he introduced Space Marines to the federation.
Every video on Ignis side shows the struggle and hardship of being a MechWarrior. The more people is being divided on why he is caring the organization so much. And those that defended him in public square told the ignorant that he is literally giving them the spear to kill the threat once and for all. And those that hated him, nitpicking about the fact he found loophole of his restrictions.
It begining to show signs of fracture as riots on the streets began and cities burned down in their beliefs. The outer rim were more understanding of the fact that they been invaded and raided by the bugs and believed in him as they seen the threat first hand, but the core worlds is growing to be a hostile environment.
Alexander was more secular compared to the god emperor, you believe in their god, not my problem until the inquisition sense the four gods of chaos.
Religious extremism is on the rise and the Abrahamic faith is going out of hand, and several bases were assaulted by flash mobs and car bombings.
Believing that they could punish Satan in the seat of Sky Marshal.
He was surprised that someone called him devil. But just ignore it as it just some detractors until that fatal day made him regret of being lenient to humanity religion.
He could remember the day that he lost someone important to him...
But it was that one afternoon as he was in his Mars Office branch doing a surprise inspection that he received his news from the Silver Guards that were to defend his family. His pen and the notepad dropped as his eyes widen of hearing the news.
His father, now retired from the political side, often held speeches in the plazas in mars that venerated Veterans day as it was a day to spend with his companions in the army and learn the new rookies that joined them. As he gave a speech for solidarity... He noticed something was wrong.
It was a moment that his guards realize that something was wrong as well and there was risk of assassination attempt. A group hooded figures stood in the midst of people wearing their military uniform.
The head of the security team tasked to call anyone in the registry and sniper support that is sent by the federation. And found that it was silent.
They felt their legs bolted down on the ground as one of the figures in the crowd opened fire in one of the second of the heavily defended planet on the sol system.
His father was hit In the chest and the Men of iron that was supposed to supplement the security of the venue, attempted to hold the attacker in account, they disappear as the machine about to attempt to grasp the attacker.
The venue was in utter chaos as many of the people there was panicking that a family member of the high lord was shot in broad daylight. Paramedics attempt to drag the wounded Joseph solair outside the venue.
Then a familiar scream yelled out as a Car laced with bombs smash into the shocked venue.
"God Is Great!" The man roared and rammed into scores of people, uncaring of the affiliation of faith as the assailant smiled and pressed the trigger and dedicate their life to his gods.
As the explosion erupted, the bomber felt a bit of ecstasy as he attempt to drag many infidels down with him. But in a brief glance he saw what he about to embrace in the afterlife is not his god but a daemon that grin and devoured his soul.
"Move it!" The local Arbites rushed to the scene as they attempt to put out the fire and grab any survivors.
Most of the veterans within the venue suffered third degree burns as their skin was peeled off, and their families that joined them had it worse as the blast and shrapnel badly mauled them.
A series of bombing attacks scattered across the cities in mars and around the human control space have made law enforcement paralyzed as they attempt to put the fires out.
Rebel cells began to sprout across planets and rogue fleets began to burn the federation in spite. The streets of cities and space station went up in flames as they want one thing and one thing alone, Alexander Soliar to be crucified and his position as sky marshal be voided.
What was once a unified humanity is now on the brink of winning against the bugs is being splintering apart because of ego.
Humanity is a dual creatures, when they see something powerful entity that is unknown they fear it, but when they know about it, they will plot the demise of the powerful, abused its kindness.
And now they see Alexander mental strength is the weakest and the people that grew entitled realized that they don't need the federation that cares about them. And this is the perfect time to separate from the collective strength against bugs invasion.
Alexander headed to the hospital his father was hospitalized, he found that the vehicle was held by traffic, he rushed to the hospital that he jumped out and rushed on foot, hoping every second he could see his father.
And found what was before him was a husk, the bullet wounds was healed, but his skin had severe burns and his eyes was sunken. As if his body was leaked out of fluids, A thousand son that worked as a Apothecary nearby informed him a heartbreaking moment...
"Tell me... Is he still alive?" Alexander wanted to hear the news... If the soul is still there, he could still have a chance to revive his father... But the Thousand Son words were like a dagger in his heart
"High lord... Your father's... Dying.. I see his soul being torn apart in the warp... As if he was like a burning apart and his body functions is decaying... This is a warp poison... I... Can only halt it for a few minutes and allow him to remain conscious..." His voxcast spoke a grim tone.
Alexander smiled bitterly.
He touched the wrinkled hand that was like a twig ready to fall in his arms... He remembers the time when he was carried by his father shoulders when he was young and the times his spent. The bullet was removed but there was poison injected into his wounds... He was not the man that he knew.
"Dad?" He whisper silently.
"Son?" A voice that was different from him, husky and strained as if trying to remained conscious. His sunken eyes painfully look at his son that is at the fragile state in his mind.
"Please don't go...." Alexander gritting his teeth as he tried to grip his father hands.. his father closed in eyes in contemplating something.
"I know... My body well son... I am dying... "
"If I had come sooner..."
"It was... Not your fault... Your duty... To saving humanity... Is more important than than my wellbeing..."
"Even now, you still think about others!?" Alexander shouted.
"I do... But... I have regrets.... I will not be able to see my grandkids get married... To be a grandpa... I failed to see my wife...." Joseph chuckle weakly as he raised his arm to his eyes....
They heard footsteps as Alexander saw his family rushed in. His biological brother and sister rushed in as they tried to hug their father. His mother is weeping as she held the remaining hand in hers.
"Don't go dad!" His sister wept as his brother tried to keep the tears from falling..
"I am sorry that I will not be able to go to your graduation... Claire" he stroke his daughter head.
He look at his wife as if comforting her.
"Claire... I sorry that I will miss our Anniversary..."
As he looked at the eldest son. He beckon Alexander to hear his words..
"Son...Never...lose...your...." He attempt to grip Alexander hand as if giving his all. But before his complete his sentence.
His arms went limply as his eyes turned glass, the nurses barged into the room attempted to resuscitate the patient and no avail as the heart line suddenly went flat.
The funeral of the father of Alexander Solaire was heard across the federation...
Many was shocked of the fact that such a great man died by the assailant that is unable to be captured.
While many that held anonymous account held joy that he was killed and plotted to do the same to the rest of his family. Their vitriol and hate is bubbling.
Horus never really had a family, he stood before a funeral that was a grand funeral, the people of mars was mourning of a great man and even those that he felt disturbed joined the procession.
There was no fanfare of the man that raised the High Lord that give them hope.
The monthly rain swept on Mars as the procession move in silence to the crypt were veterans of Mars were kept. Alexander family wept as they wore black clothes as to mourn the loss of a family.
The arsonist and opportunistic were apprehended and gave them fate worse than death.
Being fed to actual daemons or turned to Daemonhost. The very same angels that their gods promised them. Their husk of a body was sent to the sun and never to be servitorized for personal use as their deed is horrendous. And worth less than Corpse starch
Horus wore a suit as he attended this baseline human funeral. He glance at the emotionless Alexander carrying the casket of his father along with his father companions.
... Before the Emperor of mankind picked him up from his homeworld. He was a Gangster lord. And people obeyed him through fear and charms in the high court. He conquer planets to gain his supposed father affection.
He could remember the first time he met Alexander biological father.
It was the garden that he attended properly when Horus first met him.
The man before him didn't felt fear or reverence, nor he demanded expectations... But he only wanted some company, as he listen to Horus problems.
"Must be hard for you. Having a difficult burden"
"You don't think my words were a lie?" Horus asked.
"I have a thing to observe the people and their personalities, and your soul may be chained, but you are seeking redemption. Now help me carry that " The man before him laughed. It was the first time Horus learn how to do gardening, his giant hands handle a flower that is delicate, the tenacity he felt from the flower he held, realized how he could be something more... And it made him earn a genuine respect to the supposed biological father of Alexander.
The primarchs stood silently at the procession as they watched the rites of sending their beloved ones to the afterlife, even Magnus and Lorgar that was well learned of the warp stood silently. As to give solace to the fact that Alexander needed some time alone.
But Horus saw something briefly in Alexander shoulders was a Image of his former self is lingering around Alexander.
The one that plunged the galaxy into flames.
As the procession ended and Joseph body is entombed. Slathered with purity seals to not be contaminated by the warp.
Alexander stepped on the wet podium and gave his speech.
"My father... He was a good man, a true believer of the federation and his ideals... I wanted to follow his footsteps and be the son that he wanted." He looked at the skies as if it was raining for his loss.
"I trusted the Federation... I made people's lives better, made technological progress to benefit against the horrors of what the bugs sent against us, my people, we are almost at the precipice of destroying what threatened our existence of the human race...
And rogue elements that wants to harvest our merits by killing my father...
And they had a gall to claim that i am the devil incarnate, that I am the Anti-christ! That taking my life of my father would drive their flimsy grievances deep in my heart and tell me that I am no longer needed!" Alexander bellowed as if to let people hear his thoughts.
"I didn't take note of your small plays... Because a united humanity is needed to survive... But you took away my anchor... My beliefs of the federation and the system that bind us from mere bugs and civilization, you gleefully mocked my loss for your profits and set people in a divide that never seen before!" Alexander eyes glowered with gold as if his emotions is leaking out from his mortal shell.
"You believed that once I am gone, all the wealth and power I left behind... Would be yours on a silver platter..." Alexander head revealed a halo that made the people felt something primitive in their genetics the urge to kneel down the man before them.
Alexander mental state, he met his Warhammer Variant, the High Lord of Terra, The Master of the Ten Thousand, The Emperor Herald... The man stood before him. In his Saintly form stood before him in carapace armor from the militarum. He was weary and tired... As he looked towards the figure.
"You sure? Once we truly merge... You will never be you, us merging would produce a unpredictable.... results?" He asked as if to clarify.
"Just take care of my family... That's all I ask..." Alexander sighed... As he held out his hand to the Halo figure before him.
"May you sleep in the stars embrace.." The Man shake his hands and what was the chaotic mind... Only emptiness is left behind. The chains that he willingly held by his beliefs in the federation have unleashed.
Horus realize something is wrong with Alexander... Before he was like a sky filled with stars, always the positive for a brighter tomorrow, and now that figure before him was like staring at a void.
As if he was standing before the Emperor himself when he first met him, but surrounded with fumes of his darkness. Magnus realize it the same time... And Lorgar knew it too...
The mortal frame of the being before them was like a egg.
An egg that is affected by the situation before him and this event gave already badly altered the shape of the egg development. And the cracks within revealed a monster that pretended to be a human. They realized that his father was the one of the chains that made Alexander Human.
They glanced around and nodded as they made plans to deal with Alexander if he truly go off the deep end. And it was their mission to bring him back just as he did for them. But they waited as the message ended. As to not provoke his ire while try trying to formulate the plan to bring him back.
The figure spare no thought as he unleashed his form for the world to see. No longer tired of pretending to be a human.
They wanted a God to hate....
Then they shall have it.
The Alexander before Horus was like a gut wrenching version of himself that will ruined the galaxy.
And time is already ticking and Horus need to contact the Astartes legions if Alexander is now tainted.
"Here is my form you cretins! You wanted to see what's inside of me!? Am I the Devil Incarnate?! The Satan that you fear!? I devoted my being to the God Emperor of Mankind and now..." The figure smiled with his eyes glow like the sun.
"Judgement Awaits!" Alexander smiled.
[Somewhere near the fringes of Arachnid zone]
The rebels take advantage of the chaos of the loss of Alexander parent and killed off all the garrison that stationed in the base and looted the arsenal within the base.
Their paid Constituents have funded their little revolution, led them inside and they were glad with it.
"Wow, the Sky Marshal is such a weak ass pussy." One of the Rebels chortle as he kicked the dead staff member off his desk. He never like the sky marshal and his suppose unity.
"Damm you should try that ass before it goes cold. She screamed quite nice when she was alive." One of the rebels slapped a naked corpse next to him that is bathed in bodily fluids.
Many around him smiled a shit eating grin as they heard some information from Mars, but they were waiting for the failure of Ignis to fully commence the flames of rebellion.
In this outpost they got a bunch of Mobile suits that supposed to be a part of the garrison.
Not a single titan as the Mechanics were fanatic to not let them from their eyes...
"Those mechanical freaks should be grateful that we are the true liberators of the Galaxy. Not that satan" The rebel scoffed.
They were those that were emboldened by the weakness of the Government as those that were in the echelon of the government is now openly supported the rebellion, and destroyed all communication of all Alexander forces, making them in the dark, not realizing that they had other methods of communications of using necron technology.
Their methods were short lived as that a lancer strike crashed upon the occupied base. Breaking the barrier and killing the occupants.
The space above the planet is littered with hulks and debris of the traitors ships.
Scenes like this happen across the human domains.
The Civil war of the Federation already started to engulf galaxy. A more bloody storm due to the desires of the malicious beings becoming a reality.
They took the system of order for granted, undermine it so much that they already corrupted the organization from within. And now, they pay the price.
From Mars, Untold number of ships that was not registered in the Federation database and iffs began to flood... Tens, hundreds or even a millions flooded out of the Orbit of Mars daily. And now spread outwards to purge the traitors.
Many felt in horror of the fact that Alexander had a Armada that just listen to his call alone.
But those that had their distain of the Sky Marshal realized that their malice is already made them the target of his Ire.
But they didn't care as they sent more assassin to his family that even his daughters where not safe anymore as a Car bomber attempted to rammed into Eleanor car in a attempt to kill her. It made Alexander kept them in house , as he became more ruthless towards his enemies. His method is becoming more devastating.
The rebels that realized of what they done had fled the deepest mountain and the obscure space in the void, fearing of his real vengeance.
And found out that their movements is already registered and doomed their lives.
Those that were loyal, were spared, those that gleeful of shedding the skin off from Alexander, realize that they made a terrible mistake.
They sought to use the government branch to chain him down to spare their lives, but they were too late.
Alexander frozen the government branches as a internal investigation and arrest those that is hostile towards his policies enacted and the monetary system crashed for a second time.
Riots and famine began to proliferate across the systems. As the technology that they enjoyed for so long, no longer working as the fail safe and the perks of Alexander no longer blessed the people that betrayed them.
What abundance they had took it for granted was now just a illusion in their hands
Many traitors that wanted to succeed from the united fronts have fallen victim of the Bug fleets that invaded and reverse spearhead into human territory, taking advantage of the chaos of the infighting, those that wanted out realized the fatal mistake of splintering from the federation as money does not mean anything to communist bugs that slaughter wantonly, their cries of help went unanswered as the planets is subsumed in a frenzy of blood and gore.
The price of his fury was more devastating than what Horus could achieve. He understands the human insecurities, weaknesses and the need for purpose and he crashed the economy.
Literally crashed the economy himself by flooding the market to the point that even the rare metals was abundant as the common coal.
And destroying businesses to bankruptcy by flooding goods in large volumes that they are fighting infinity itself then leaving the planets without supplies, making food desserts in his wake and jacked the prices on traitor affiliated worlds that they regret joining the rebellion. Laced Poison good that kill people inserted into shipments to the rebels smugglers and flesh eating nanoswarm water in their cargoes.
Horus made worlds burn, but Alexander made the world bleed till their core is drained and their bones is used for tribute.
And he made sure of his promise... Planets were burnt down as the population failed to capture the traitors within their planet, The Astartes, once were a symbol of humanity supremacy, now became the horrors of what Alexander unleash. The sounds of Chainswords, axes whirling and the bolters sound is a reminder of the weapons they unleashed.
The rebellion clamor that they were just propaganda to persuade the wavering citizens that followed their cause until they heard the War crys of the legions barreling towards them in a swift frenzy. Leaving trails of blood and flesh in their wake.
The Men of Iron that they extensively used now turned against them as they received orders to apprehend the rogue ships and if failed, leave a mark to be destroyed. Traitor ships that relied on Men of iron became a drifting hulks as their crew corpses were ejected in the void. Those that hated the Men of iron, were all but a handful fleets than the numerous that they had before.
The Night Lords swarmed traitor planetary governor and skinned them alive, Titans legion scorch planets uncaring of the innocence that laid within.
The supposed M.A.Rs removed their markings and replaced their black armor with the olive green armor with imperial aquilas as they occupied cities of controlled territory that is lucky enough to send their traitors out.
The price of stupidity is the loss of what they wanted the most.
They created a monster that they fantasize of destroying and when reality hit them, they fear the consequences they made.
And the core members of the revolt blame each other of pushing the Sky Marshal to the edge. Failing to recognize that they all contributed his fall.
Many pleaded in secret channels of surrendering, but went unnoticed and their foundations is ripped apart and replaced with those that is loyal to the Imperium. As they were all marked for death.
And they realized they were cornered rats and began to fight back...
But realizing that Alexander unleashed prototypes upon them that were not seen in the battlefield, planet ending weapons. They realized that they were not cornered at all as they already had no corner left to hide.
The heroism in them died as a titan leered at their fortified bukers in the mountains before they were wiped off the map, the cowards felt their hidden safe spots was gassed to death. And he didn't even ask the Eldars or necrons to deal with the threat. Just his men and machines.
Even Terra was not safe as the dissidents screamed in horror as Leman Russ and Chimeras trampled their opposition as their owns words blared out to those that witnessed them.
"Kill the Sky Marshal, Down with Satan!"
"God is great and he will liberate us from the devil!"
"Kill Kill The devil!" Was repeated over and over again in the voices of the protestor voices.
It made those that realize that Alexander was in the victim side instead of supporting the dissidents they looked away as the rioters were just bloody paste in the tanks threads.
Those that were capitalist that were dissatisfied with the status quo and contributed to the revolt, hoping to rule the Federation as a President of old, had their lives and their families encased in liquid gold, their veins injected with mercury and dump to the sun. Money they loved is what their coffins designed for them.
The socialist had it worse.
Their planet they lived in is burned to the ground, not even a warning and the planet was cracked, as the parasites will just flee and spread their rotten ideology. He didn't even bother sending ground forces to invade. Why waste valuable men that will go into a hostile city in a street combat when he have plenty of cyclone torpedoes to spare?
Alexander which was a War hero now became unhinged as he no longer cares about preserving faith of religion and ordered the extermination.
The more assassination towards his family the more darker the punishment.
The transition to the Celestial Imperium was bloody in the traitors and smoothly to those that remained loyal, as the loyalist were already gotten used to his government and accepted his rulings.
If that car bomb made by the extremist hadn't started, his father would had lived longer. And perhaps changed his mindset about religion.
And he felt disgusted as those religious freaks worship the car bomber as a saint against evil.
Making a holiday of killing his father.
Making him believing that his leniency of keeping the old faith was a threat and needed to be uprooted. Christianity, Islam and Judaism. All needed to be purged. Those that had their faith of the selected religion were relocated away from the planets they lived and they were barred from having a government position as they will rot the system from within. And never leave the planets.
Perhaps it was the majority that were lucky that they converted to The Imperial Creed years before. As they watched their neighbors being dragged out and sent somewhere.
The followers screamed in horors as the arbites crashed into the door and processed them.
They were left in the wilderness space in planets that had no to limited resources to escape and left with nothing on their backs with a message of Alexander.
"You killed my father because of faith... See if your god can save your faithful servants...see if he can rain manna from the skies or bread from stone." He emotionlessly spoke, devoid of feelings to the people below him. He left with a supply for them to survive for a year... If rationed well.
He could no longer hear the jeers and cursing that the people below him. He boarded a shuttle and watched as they became hypocrites and called out their gods. He watched from the screen that they devoured whatever they could like a pile of pigs.
"There is no innocence... Only varying degrees of guilt, you could have stopped the radicals among you.. but you chose to ignore it and celebrated the death of someone close to me, this is the price of your inaction."
He have nothing more to say towards the rabble that worship murderers. If he was charitable enough, he would drop supplies. And that was up to his mood.
Alexander did nothing as months passed in the planets they inhabit as they turned to hunger and resorted to cannibalism and hedonism as the selfish and the arrogant fought each other, and watched as they prayed to their gods with hypocrisy with intestines hung around their necks.
Alexander ordered a exterminatus on the people that gone insane. Sending them to the demons in the warp. The daemons gleefully devoured the faithful as they scream to a god that no longer exist to be concerned about them.
But each time his actions is getting more and more bloodier, he began to used his mech to exterminatus planets because if is no longer time efficient to kill off the rebellion on the ground. And The Imperial Guards just redirected and tasked to conquered the Bug Planets.
Some people say that rebellion built on hope?
More like rebellion is built by delusional entities that funded the rebels so that they could become king.
He gave them chances, and they kill the one thing that bound him to the system and they expect the system to protect them.
When Alexander began to construction of a Soul Forge, literally burning souls and bodies of the dissidents by the billions. And those that dared opposed him in the dark now fear him as their families is included in the crossfire.
He didn't mind them attempting to assassinate him as it would keep his senses up. But killing his father and endangering his family.. It was fair game as their families are targeted as well. How they clenched their teeth hiding from the inevitable as their families is tossed in the flames as they cursed both Alexander and Their own family that sought his death.
By then... Alexander Halo is no longer golden, as if it was tainted by a crimson blood and grudges by billions of people that is slowly corrupting his sanity.
Horus gathered his brothers in a emergency meeting. This was the first time he order a meeting with a issue to discuss.
Alexander is getting out of hand and already half of the Federation was in flames.
Horus feared that if he continues on. He would be the Warmaster of his old self.
"Brother ... What can we do about it? I fear that he would definitely be the old me..."
"I peer into the warp and his emotional state is already affecting the reality. At this rate... He would be a Warp Daemon, nay... A Warp god of vengeance..." Magnus spoke.
"Aye, brother, this is what we called the Lucifer effect. A medical term I picked up knowing his mental health." Mortarion spoke.
"We must stop him, then. There was a reason why the Emperor sent us with him." Ferrus spoke.
Many felt silent as the fact that they were supposed to assist Alexander. They were there under secret orders to destroy him if he joined chaos.
"Then we should be the ones to stop him then, a good smack in the head would work." Perturabo scoffed.
"Brother, that is worked for your son's, but what Alexander is dealing with is in the spiritual level." Lorgar chided.
"Alright, we call the aid for our sons and stop this madness before he truly converted to being a warp entity." Horus spoke.
The legions marshalled once more. This time is was the figure that brought them to this galaxy.
They have second thoughts as their Genefathers asked their aid to stop the high lord in his madness.
Horus felt the emotions before him, untrusting of his actions of save Alexander.
His reputation that ruined the imperium etched in their minds and they refuse to follow him.
Until one of his sons stepped out.
Gaviel Loken stood out and spoke.
"We the Luna wolves, have vowed to defend humanity, and we shall assist the Warmaster to stop the madness." He nodded to Aximand and stepped beside his father.
"So, Our warmaster have a order for us, we shall stop it as well." Kharn and Magos stepped forward and joined Gaviel loken.
"We shall join, his actions made us have a bad reputation..." Talos whispered as he joined the search.
"I, Raylanor have vow to assist the Warmaster in his search."
"The Anchorite and Argel tal will assist our father endeavors." The dreadnought boomed as many stood at arms.
"Warsmith Barabas Antioch and Honsou is at arms and waiting."
"The Iron council is behind your actions."
"Ahriman-"
As more and more Astartes stepped forward. Horus smiled as they believed in him, even for a moment, the Warmaster is back and ths time, to save his brother soul from being corroded further.
One surprising individual came before the midst among the giants. A female wore a power armor that is from the sister of battle styled armor. It was a gift from Alexander to protect her.
"Eleanor.. You should not be here.." Horus spoke
"My father is hurt, and I will help him come back."
"You know that where we are going is certain death, right?" Magnus chimed in as if to worry of his niece.
She shook her head as if she knew the consequences.
"If there is a chance, I will save father. " Her eyes spoke of determination.
Horus saw a familiar angelic figure coincided with her face. That same determination... Those same eyes...
"Even now... Brother, your influence never stay the same." He chuckled as he agreed to let her join them.
A necron appeared next to the primach.
"I, Trazyn the infinite shall aid your endeavors, if He falls, there is not enough to fill my collection- "
The Necron was hit by a Warp fire.
And the rest looked at Magnus as he clenched his fist to stop the second one.
"Out of habit, let's go!" Magnus chuckle.
Alexander sat in his palace that surrounded by fleets controlled by A.i, now it is just crewed by Men of Iron as the organics is placed on a vacation. A long... Vacation as he rather not let them see what he's about to do.
Alexander watched at the Galaxy map as he ended one rebellion and few more popped up.
He ignored the SoS signals of the traitorous planets that is being overrun by bugs as they roused the population for rebelling, wanted him dead and killed his soldiers defending the planet, and now they are begging for his aid. To add insult to injury they claim that there were innocent people..
He scoffs, as there is no innocence, only varying degrees of guilt of association. That would make the puritan Inquisition proud of his actions.
He remotely deactivate the remaining defenses that he built on those planet and let the bugs sympathisers and traitors get what they wanted, they wanted their families to embrace the bugs, they get the first seat experience of being embraced by the sharp blades of the bugs embedded the belies of their loved ones. Their ideals can kill and their supposed allies already see them outlived their usefulness.
He already didn't care about the democracy that they spouted from their lips.
He is tired of being the sane man, to help humanity but idiots grew explosively and wanted his head, he agreed to culled their numbers.
Democracy killed his previous life and now it took his father from him. The very same people that voted is the ones that ended the farce.
Tolerance was the doorway to downfall. And he thought he could stepped away from the Emperor methods of government to believed that Humanity could have a chance of redemption a chance to not fall into depravity.
A chance of learning.
But he was just the clown that teaching a bunch of monkeys to be civilize and they paid him with tetanus scratches and rabbies. Their insanity now bled into his psyche. He beginning to agree that suffering is needed. Being kind to a narcissistic species is doing more harm than good. They needed to be bloodied and smashed their skulls on the pavement to get the point across.
He once believed that humanity should had a responsible choice of controlling their desires, and be responsible about their actions, but he was mistaken... Very, very mistaken as they are narcissistic and taken all he ever strive to give the people, for granted. And now they believe that he already outlived his usefulness and already thinking of divide his powers for their utopia.
The system failed him, the order have fallen.
And now... He watched the very system he protected that must be burn down.
From the Ashes the Imperium will be born... One that no longer see hope.
But death as the final destination.
A machine spoke in his comms.
"++High Lord, we have approximately twelve thousand, Five hundred and five planetary system in rebellion remaining. Estimation of eradication, twenty days.++"
It spoke as it made certain.
"Activate the Celestial Orrey for weaponization."
The machine paused as it spoke
"++Sir... Are you certain as you explicitly stated that you should not weaponize the Necron Celestial Orrery.++"
"Obey the current directive as it would be more efficient and less hassle." Alexander ordered.
The robot silently left with the new orders
"The lives of my soldiers is more than a planet worth of ungrateful, idiotic, bastards that will backstab me on a opening.
I gave them plenty of chances of showing the criminals and they stabbed my hand, and claimed me as Satan." Alexander growled.
Alexander gave a sneer.
"The old me, was weak, he was filled with idealism thinking humanity was united against the bugs and we would be singing kumbayah around a campfire as we waited for the numbers to arrive, he failed to recognize the malice of humanity bubbling beneath the surface. And look where it got to where I am? A broken home to return, a father that I failed, I can't even bring back my father as his soul in the warp is destroyed, gone forever."
"There is no innocence, only varying degrees of guilt. May they understand the consequences of being association with traitor and a slave to ideologies long dead." Alexander spoke with conviction. And he left the command center of the palace. Heading to the war room as the celestial orrery now being refitted to kill a third of the humans.
Theseus headed to Horus mind and inform him of what's Alexander about to do.
Horus was horrified of the fact that such technology Alexander used as a holotable was enough to blow up the sun with a single touch. And the system that embedded in Alexander gave the coordinate to Horus to stop that from happening.
He told the current general location of where Alexander readied for the extinction grade weaponry.
The Astartes legions fleet made a mad dash towards where Alexander is located. Space marine Barges and M.A.Rs cuisers that is aware of his actions joined the search for the missing leader.
As they arrived they faced numerous remote controlled ships guarding the planet .
Magnus created a time rift and a warp storm around Alexander fleet to above the plane to bypass them as they inched towards the planet he was on to prevent from the rest of the burning federation from receiving it.
As they arrive the vicinity of the planet the scans show that it was the warped version of the Golden Palace, it was filled with defenses that machines soldiers marches, unmanned anti-aircraft batteries readied for the destruction... As if the planet was hostile to organic life. And fully automated to defend if necessary.
Many of the primach realize, it was a bitter memory that inflicted upon them.
It was like the Horus Heresy...
When they were traitors they were eager to kill their father. Now they have to breached this warped version of the golden palace and free their brother before he does something rash.
Drop pods rained and Valkyrie flew down from the skies.
The planet defenses came to life as they met against the invaders. Particle lasers shot from every crevice , missiles and flak grew ever more frequently.
Those that were hit were immediately teleported to a hospital barge, microseconds before they perish. And waited for the landing zone to be cleared.
The enemies they fought is clearly mechanical, they don't need to sleep, eat or even heal, if they were injured, they would tossed the broken parts and replicate the new.
The first drop sites already managed to stabilized as they planted teleporter beacons to bring in reinforcements. They realized that the beacons fried and they forced to use the harder ways to deploy their troops.
Acclamators arrived from orbit and launched deepstrikes and orbital support. Raining turbo laser as they rushed forward.
The imitation of the lions gate before them opened and revealed a series of orbital Gauss Gatling and open until fired upon the ships causing them to crash down forcing the crew to go hand to hand combat.
Eleanor witness the first sight of her uncles war in Horus Flagship.. This is the war that her father spoke about, the war that her father desperately tried to protect her from. She clench her bolter as she hear screams and death. And she feared that there were more worse wars compare to this.
Perturabo, stood in a nearby command center near the supposed location of the academy of sciences.
His sons made good progress of breaching the walls. He noticed something wasn't quite right.
As if Alexander made a total replica of the Imperial terra and the walls were like rogal dorn... He knew how flimsy they were... Until his eyes widen.
"Retreat!" He bellowed. Many were confused but they about to agree.
The walls that they breached exploded into nuclear hellfire. And they were rattled by the shockwaves and EMP that lingered about. The survivors helmet hud frazzled as they get their bearings.
A giant mechanical snake rose from the breached walls and began to attack the astartes. Every fatal wounded they sustain were immediately teleported back to their ships to be healed.
"Having trouble brother?" A voice spoke behind him. He turned about and saw Fulgrim waiting by the door.
"If you got a plan then I will hear it." Perturabo spoke.
Fulgrim simply walked by and placed the insignia of his legions and ferrus Manus to the metallic giant snakes to deal with the threat.
"We are here to extract Alexander... This is the optimal solution brother. We need your son's to breached this false palace. " Fulgrim spoke.
Perturbo debated within himself, before he had titan legions to command but the teleporter and the amount of flak is making it not viable to drop reinforcement.
"This is Alpharius, we found the teleporter barrier and we undo it... Bring our brother home."
The teleporter beacon dulled and unable to drop reinforcement , now glowed with blistering blue to signify that it was available. The first titan stepped forth and began assisting the invasion. The humming of the plasma cannon roared as it fired upon a swath of land making the journey to the palace before them easier.
Scores of space Marines that were fully healed from the first wave now joined the assault through teleportation.
Alexander was unaware of the Space Marines now turned against him, he pressed the first sun that have a fortified planet that is held by traitors and they didn't realize that their sun went supernova.
Ones, tens, and a hundred was pressed all at once turning the systems held under traitor and bug control into a hellscape.
Traitor fleets was sucked into the supernova and now they began to fear Alexander more, as the power behind him is able to create weapons of mass extinction. And those that was eager for his blood chilled and stayed silent as they fear that their planet is next. But no avail as their names is listed on Fednet and their recording of their speeches and chat was opened to their world to see, the countdown was shown on their planets they lived in and the names of the rebels is posted on screen, Causing more chaos as those that were innocent attempted to escape the planet before being destroyed along with them.
And the civilians began to form lynch mobs to oust the rebellious element society to not have their planet devoured by the sun.
Many even went suicidal to throw their bodies against the open rebellions in their planets, what's the use of obeying rebelling factions when the person that they opposed can make their system sun turned supernova?
Money doesn't mean anything when you can die suddenly.
Their deaths mean nothing to their families future.
Alexander used fear as a tool.
Because being kind is a sin, a weakness of the strong that been abused by the weak. That fed the weak ego that they were the strong ones.
He smiled as he prepping the last of the rebels cells to be eradicated, felt a disturbance around him and found himself in the standing before the primachs, facing him was Magnus and the rest of the primachs.
Horus in his armor stood before Alexander with his spear. And Eleanor by his side wearing a sister of battle suit battered from the battle she fought.
And behind them was the Space Marines that followed Horus.
"Why Stop me Horus? I am cleaning out the trash if society was to survive." Alexander spoke. His voice devoid of emotion
"Alexander, this is going too far... I do not want you to become like me... The old me."
"After this certain amount of quotas of blowing up planets then I will stop." Alexander stated.
"You starting to sound like the version of Father that the Gods in the warp told me... Did you not know of the consequences."
"I do what I had to, cull the weak minded sheep's that dragged the entire flock to the wolves and Shepard the remaining flock that is obedient." Alexander spoke.
His halo now darkened as he already believed in his conviction. And more blood will be spilled. Horus realize that time is running out. As he sense his father divinity within Alexander is barely holding the corruption that is about to devour Alexander soul.
"Then it is my duty and as a brother to stop you." Horus pointed his spear towards Alexander.
"You know you can't beat me right?" Alexander spoke.
"It doesn't hurt to try!" Horus yelled as he rushed forward like a tempest blazed towards alexander.
Alexander held out his flaming sword, now sickly pale green flames as if being tormented from with a Flick of his hand, his machine armies stepped forward to meet the Space Marines head on.
As they clash, Warp fire erupted behind Horus and he dodge, as the attack hit its mark, it made Alexander worse.
His face is cracking and now they all could see the monster that laid within his shell of a body.
The thirst of violence emanate from the cracks over his body. The birth of something more dangerous is imminently breaking out.
All the primarchs pounce upon Alexander the same time. That even Konrad Curze that always take a winning stance gave it his all against the unwinnable fight. Perturabo tasked of lobbying shell at Alexander.
Eleanor used her teleportation to assist her uncle by distracting Alexander, to bring sense to her father before it is too late.
It didn't stopped him but delay enough time for the rest of their brothers to engage Alexander to close combat.
"What do you think that you could accomplished of stopping my purge?"
"Buying time." Horus grinned as Magnus and Ahriman completed their spell and tossed it towards them. Great light envelope the trio...
(???)
Horus And Eleanor arrive in a location that seemed unfamiliar.
They stood on a murky mud and the skies above them is so dark clouds and filled with darkish red lighting in the distance. And if looked closely through the clouds the Sun is blood red and leaking blood.
Horus and Eleanor gather their bearings.
"Uncle Horus...where are we?" Eleanor spoke with a fear in her tone.
"If Magnus is right... This is the depths of your father soul." Horus remarked.
"I am feel so ... So cold. " She shakes a bit despite the sun and the humid weathering around them.
As they walked forward, they saw a Man in flak armor sitting in the mud that staring blankly in the distance. In his arms was a woman that they both didn't recognize.
Horus wanted to shout out, but he realizes that this guardsman before him have some connections to Alexander.
"What's the use for me to defend humanity if I can't even save my father? I lost my first love, or perhaps that image of her that spoke to me was a lie?" The soldier muttered.
As the duo wanted to ask something. He turned to a puddle of mud leaving his uniform in his wake. And the woman that was in his arms turned to ashes that is swept up by the winds
A Storm of dust envelope over them and they found themselves in a futuristic city. Floating cars and vehicles passed by. The name of the city was embedded acoss them.
"Night City.... It's where..I was told I had other mothers." Eleanor spoke.
There was a man sitting in they stood in the rooftop of one building next to them.
They recognize that it was Alexander in a fashion
"I brought technology to mankind... I hoped to bring order... Seems like it was for nothing... Ungrateful bastards." The man wearily looked across the city with emptiness. A beam of darkish light envelope him.... His body is beginning to slowly disintegrate but he didn't cared....
"Father!"
Eleanor rushed out and wanted to save even a part of him .. but he disappear before she could even grasp him.
The light expanded and engulf the entire city.
Blinding them as pain seared across their bodies.
They found themselves in the office of a unfamiliar place.
Facing them was a tired beleaguered man that stare blankly at a document that needed to be signed. Beside him was towers of paper that is readying to fall upon them.
Horus eyes widen as this was the Leader of the Ten Thousand, one of Alexander alter egos.
"I serve the emperor... I raised this empire for a thousands of years to assist the Master of Mankind that he could spent time with his son's issues... I sent billions to their deaths for his plans to unify the galaxy... All for the fact that he would be a decent father to my brothers..."
As Horus wanted to reach out. Alexander glared at him.
"You never know what's like to lose your pillar of strength... Horus."
He slapped the tower of papers and it fell upon them like a sea of bureaucracy that threaten to drown them.
They found themselves at the same location where they first started.
"Why Father have so many identities?" Eleanor heaved.
"He must be dying inside... "
"But how can we find the true version of him?" Eleanor wanted to scream.
A stranger in a hood approach them. They raised their weapons as he just raised his arms.
"Seemed like the spell worked." The figure spoke.
Horus recognize the voice.
"You must be Theseus.."
"You figure it out, indeed I am Theseus, I am like a moral compass for Alexander." The figure coughed a bit as he was like a secretary than a friend.
"Tell me Theseus... How can we bring back father?" Eleanor asked.
The figure before them sighed.
"This is one chance of him stepping over the edge" the figure gestured to follow him.
As they walked past the marshes of mud and chaotic sky, Theseus asked a question.
"What do you exactly know about him?"
"A Father to me and my sisters. A man that cares and saving the world." Eleanor spoke honestly
"A man that is close to the Emperor of Mankind and part of the triad Architect of the imperium. And my Step brother." Horus spoke.
"They were all lies... His identity is a lie, his life is a lie, his emotions is just a lie... He is but a puppet on strings." Theseus spoke.
A image popped up revealing to them the truth... Not by the emperor, nor by Alexander words... But the literal truth.
Of the man know as Alexander.
They saw a figure that was unfamiliar as he fought in the bloody sands . He was weary as he fought back against a ambush of the attackers. And fast forwards to just a broken man playing a video game.
"That is the first Incarnation of what you know as the being Alexander Solair." Thesus gestures to the man that they could not recognize.
"Is he truly that man?" Horus remarked.
As his room felt tremors and was blasted in a nuclear strike and he ended up in the place where he met system. And the aquila was shown upon Alexander. His expression was mixed... With fear and despair..
"So father had a plan for him?"
"For a time yes." Theseus remarked.
They found him as a child in the solair family and joined the Imperial of Man as a Guardsman and made friends.
And returned as if nothing happens.
"So that's why the records contradicted his existence... He was already young to teleport to where... I had done..." Horus grip his spear.
When he searched in the imperial archives about Alexander, he have conflicting reports about his existence, one that is Hyde and solair, the note of him being two person made sense, as Tzeentch tossed him back to the warp, while he was supposed to be general militant, founding the league of ten thousand, a Paradoxical character.
They saw the moment he took the shard of the emperor and embeded into his heart. Becoming the man today.
They witness all his journey and the danger that inflicted upon him. While he was smiling... He was always at the edge of breaking down.
The danger of a extragalactic enemy barrelling on his head, the struggle of balancing the government and keeping the people safe. Mastering galaxies for tribute to the emperor of mankind to make the imperium to survive another day.
And all this snap when he lost one of his emotional support.
They saw what he saw, and the future that he feared the most...
Eleanor watch as the future shown to him that he was a war criminal and he unable to save everyone. Trapped in a cell of documents that told that he brought the downfall of the federation and Humanity died a slow death in the webway.
His conversation with the future self.
His recent journey that he spent years in a realm in a radioactive hellscape to bring it back to fruition.
And they reached till the end... Horus and Eleanor felt more depressed than what they see to the man before them. A atlas carrying the world and ensuring the people unable to realize the danger.
"Did you enjoy the show?" Theseus remarked.
"All this time... He was fighting alone?"
"Perhaps, this is the way things are.. I hope you have good memory... Because you going to need it." Theseus moved them to the inner reaches of his memories
"Take note, both of you are very important to him, and probably you are the only two outside his wives that can speak reason"
Eleanor saw her saying goodnight with her father
Horus saw his moment with Alexander joining to have a moonlight appreciation in the golden palace.
Then the memories around them turned more darker... More murky as they watched Alexander killed civilizations long before both of them was born, butchering millions worlds and experimented criminals alive.
Therseus left them a advice.
"You must defeat the darkness lingering In his heart. Before it is too late."
They met Alexander just sitting at a replicated park bench facing the old federation office in the distance. There was a water fountain nearby that was crystal clear.
"All I ever done... All I ever tried to achieve to protect humanity from destruction... To save my parents... To save my family and my brothers... Does it mean anything?" He spoke as if reflecting himself, not aware of the two people standing before him
They saw a younger image of the man just having ice cream with his father... Until the memory turned to dust
"Father... I... No we and uncle Horus have come to save you... " Eleanor tried to hug her father but there was a invincible barrier between them.
"My deeds is enough to kill them... "
The surroundings is filled with flesh and bones, the building is made of corpses and the ground beneath their feet is grounded bone powder.
The flesh and blood attempted to swarmed towards Alexander. Even the fountain turned into the portal of the grudges nearby as they swarmed out of the water and rushed towards Alexander.
"Die Midas! Herald of the god that doesn't care! Murderer, Butcher and the darkness in your life will be out in the open!" The dead screamed as they flooded towards him like a tide of hatred.
Horus and Eleanor to help, but they were too late as the grudges and cursing of the dead overwhelmed them as dead rushed past them.
Alexander had no interest in fighting back, infact he had no will to fight back anymore. The tide of flesh swarmed over him and he felt his body being devoured, now remolded him and breaking him inside. He closed his eyes wanting to forget... Just let the world burn.
Eleanor looked in horror as her father became a grotesque monster being formed into her eyes.
Before them was a winged figure that is incomplete, broken crown placed upon its head as the facial feature is no longer human, but faceless being like it was plastic wrapped around his face and it's arms were broken strings as they creaking like a broken joint.
The weapons was the Horus fought against and no longer it pales sickly green flames but a black fumes that held skulls that wanted to curse and scream against the world and the other hand was a broken justice scale, representing the broken beliefs in humanity
Horus gritted his teeth as he readied his blade against his now turned brother.
They found themselves in a coliseum that harbour his mind... A shackled man that is crucified o a aquila that is bleeding blood. And before statue was the being is transformed.
Horus rushed forwards and clashed against the transformed Alexander, making swirl of dust and shockwaves.
As the two fought Eleanor was shock to do anything... This was beyond what she could handle and if she gets too close, she would die in the real world.
She noticed a child in starlight in the bleak of the situation disappearing somewhere and she follow it.
Unaware of the darkness that is following behind her back, ever growing.
Following the child, she found herself sitting in a boat and a figure that was rowing it.
"Greetings my dear grandchild... I seen it from Alexander accounts but this is the first time we met." The figure spoke.
"Who are you?"
"I am what people call the Star child... A part of your step father in a way." He chuckled Merrily.
"Can you help my father?"
"I can't... Because that is the path he chosen."
It brought Eleanor with a frustration.
They came all this way that it meant nothing in the end?
"But... I think there is a way to bypass it. That is you." He pointed to Eleanor.
"You are my beloved Grandchild, not by blood but you are loved by him as a daughter. Here is my late birthday gift, sweet Eleanor... Save your father." He pressed her head and power surges forth and she began to glow.
Beneath the boat, the darkness began to rumbling forth to devoured them, The Star child chuckle as he waved the darkness away.
"I see so many things...I know what I must do now" She gasp.
"Go forth... My beloved grandchild..." He beckon her to stepped forth on the edge and jump off the boat.
"Will I meet you again grandpa?" She asked.
"In due time, my beloved grandchild...in due time."
She felt like she was sucked into the warp but she felt warmth as she found herself at the colosseum, Horus was heaving as his armor was in tatters and the figure before him was absorbing the resentment to heal itself.
"This is fracking bullshit!" Horus cursed.
Eleanor know what she must do . She run as fast as her power armor could go, the figure noticed this and flicks his hand and pillars of bone and sinew sprouted out and attempted to kill her. No longer even recognizing her. Horus realize this and attempt to block as much as he could, till Eleanor stood before the corrupted Alexander. She clenched her fist and power began to glow round her as she held out her palm. The light envelope both of them and Horus was flung back by the pressure as he waited in bated breath.
The light engulf the coliseum. They found themselves in a clear lake that have a blue skies that spread overhead. The being that corrupted Alexander was gone leaving a tired man.
Horus found Eleanor rushed by and hugged her father as his eyes was closed.
"We are here you... Father, Uncle Horus... My sisters, My Uncles... We are here for you...you no longer have to fight alone." She hugged him as her eyes teared.
Eleanor and Horus found themselves ejected from Alexander soul.. and found themselves facing in the destroyed hall, The Primarchs and the Legions had already dealt with the mechanical threat. And they waited as Horus and Eleanor soul returned to their body, Magnus observing Alexander body.
"He is not awake..." Horus remarked.
"Let's bring him home. " Perturabo replied.
As they escorted Alexander, they found Fulgrim and Ferrus Manus already slayed the outside defenses. And the sun began to shine upon the desolate planet.
The Civil war became the bloodiest war that Alexander inflicted upon the Federation.
Planets is ruined, the people is in shock or in fear. Religion dismantled, and those that opposed the foundation of the Imperium was silenced. Those that think to undermines the system was killed.
The bugs that attempted to fish through muddy waters was beaten off and half of their god bugs was killed in Alexander rampage. Leaving a supernova in their controlled space. And the survivors called the affected sites as Alexander revenge.
Alexander in his deranged state managed to accomplish his task of bringing the war to a closer end, but with a three fourth of the human population culled as payment.
Horus took over as the Regent of this Imperium as Alexander is recuperating and gave a ultimatum to the rebellious element, surrender peacefully or face the end.
Many laid down their and the leaders that did was killed off, while those that rebelled had their planet exterminatus. Ending the legacy of the old federation.