In terms of scale, a sub-star sector does not sound that big. After all, there are more than a hundred star sectors with names in the empire, and there are even more star sectors that have not appeared in the official background.
But in fact, the territory of a sub-star region is not small.
Generally speaking, a star sector is a huge cubic space with a side length of 200 light years, which is divided into several secondary units such as port areas and sub-star sectors.
A sub-region usually includes several stars, as well as planets and other celestial bodies orbiting these stars.
Before Guilliman's return, the Ultramarines, the largest of all the Space Marine Chapters in the Imperium, controlled only eight star systems, which together amounted to about a sub-sector.
Although Macragge once ruled over five hundred worlds, it had already been broken up by the time Guilliman wrote his famous toilet paper.
However, even so, the Ultramarines were still closely watched by the Inquisition, who suspected them of potential rebellion.
If Luka could really take over the sub-star region where Rostov II was located and manage it well, he would be considered a top figure in the empire.
However, for the empire, it may take hundreds or even thousands of years to normally develop such an area.
After all, whether it is planetary development or hive city construction, it will take hundreds or even thousands of years to complete such a huge project.
At the same time, a huge amount of resources and astronomical throne coins are required.
And wanting to develop a sub-sector within thirty years? Without cheating, this is almost impossible.
Unless the emperor appears, it is better for the Ministry of the Interior to invest money here regardless of the cost.
But in Luka's opinion, this is not completely impossible.
First of all, the population required to develop and expand the sub-star region is not an obstacle.
Pilgrims from the state religion, the surplus population of the various hive worlds, even prisoners from the penal worlds and clones of the Mechanicus, there is always a way to get enough population to fill the entire sub-sector.
As long as one is willing to pay money or exchange benefits, it is not difficult to get enough population to develop a sub-star region.
Although transporting billions or even tens of billions of people may be a very troublesome task, for the empire, transporting tens of millions of people may just be a matter of hiring a merchant dynasty to make a trip.
Never underestimate how much the Empire's ships can carry, they have no concept of overloading.
As for building factories on the planet, mining resources, etc., although these aspects require professional technology and equipment, the same thing applies: as long as there is money, the Mechanicus will sell anything.
As long as they can afford the money, even a space shipyard that can build void ships is just a business that can be delivered to the door for the Mechanicus.
A series of matters such as planetary transformation, weapons and equipment procurement, hive city construction, etc. can be left to the Mechanicus to solve.
As long as you can afford it.
Yes, as long as you can afford it.
What? You say you have no money? Sorry, it's not the Mechanicus' fault that you have no money, it's your fault.
For Luka now, money is the biggest problem restricting his development.
Although if he wanted, he could transform this planet into a mining world and drain the planet's resources to make a considerable amount of money, or even build a hive city on the planet, transform Rostov II into a hive world, and then develop all the surrounding galaxies to provide resources for the hive city while building it, but doing so is really too much of a drain on the pond.
Of course, if he was willing to completely dig up the Necrons' graveyard underground and then exchange its products with the Mechanicus, he could at least get enough resources to develop Rostov II.
The premise is that this is just an ordinary undead grave, and there will not be a situation where a larger grave suddenly appears on the neighboring planet when it is halfway through digging, and then it is discovered that this is actually an undead dynasty occupying several galaxies.
This kind of thing is actually not uncommon. The territories of some powerful Undead dynasties may even cover several imperial star zones.
Therefore, for the sake of safety, it is inevitable to cooperate with the Mechanicus and attract the investment of the Director of Foundry.
This is also Luka's main development plan at present. As for growing grapes and making wine, this is actually just developing planetary specialties, so that the planet will still have a stable source of income after development, so that it will not have to exhaust all resources due to subsequent development plans.
After all, when dealing with a planet that is still suitable for agricultural cultivation, the empire's development usually involves first transforming it into an agricultural world to squeeze out all the fertility in the planet's soil, and then draining all the planet's minerals for industrial production.
The remaining devastated planet will not be wasted either. Towering hive cities can be built on the giant equipment left over from the original agriculture and industry, allowing this planet to provide the empire with another resource - population.
The entire development plan may last for thousands of years, and every step has been carefully designed. It can be said that as long as the planet meets the requirements, the empire will be able to make full use of the planet to the extreme.
However, for Luka, he does not want his planet to be developed in this way.
After all, the way of thinking of a person in the 3K era and a person in the 40K era is still different.
The development methods between the traditional Seris people and the Ansa gang are even more different.
Luka hopes that the planet can maintain a relatively good natural environment. At least the local residents do not have to wear breathing masks when going out. The rain on the planet is highly corrosive acid rain.
At the same time, industrial development and agricultural production on the planet should be maintained in a relatively sustainable state so that resources can be produced for a longer period of time.
After all, not every planet can flatten all the mountains and plateaus, fill all the oceans and lakes, sprinkle fertilizer in the air, and then use agricultural machinery the size of a Titan Warrior to cultivate on a plain as large as the Eurasian continent.
According to Luka's idea, the most appropriate option is to build a ring belt around the planet, and then build a space hydroponic farm on the ring belt to provide food for the population on the planet's surface.
Don't be surprised, the Empire has this technology, and the Mechanicus can also do it, but generally speaking, neither the Empire nor the Mechanicus has the motivation or need to do so.
After all, the empire has millions of worlds, so there is really no need to scrimp on those insignificant resources compared to the entire empire.
On the contrary, how to squeeze out the most resources in the shortest time is what the Imperial Ministry of the Interior is concerned about.
Luka could not accept this kind of development model that exhausts all resources.