Although the war was over, its effects would not easily fade.
Despite the Defense Force successfully blocking the enemy on the city's outskirts, the Necrons' attack still caused significant damage to the city of Rostov.
The city's outer defense system in the direction of the Necrons' attack was basically in shambles, with most facilities needing to be rebuilt or repaired.
While the areas subjected to orbital bombardment were originally barren land, after the bombardment, the soil in these areas had been melted into lava by the high-energy rays of the lances.
Although it basically resembled a post-volcanic eruption landscape after cooling, it was essentially completely ruined.
This area clearly had no further use. For the humans on Rostov, this land was so affected by the orbital bombardment that even building houses on it would require considering potential seismic activity.
Although earthquakes were no longer a major concern with the Imperium of Man's technology, it was still a hidden danger.
Of course, the various Necron equipment that had been shattered and merged into the lava were priceless. If personnel could be organized to excavate them, a considerable profit could still be made.
At the very least, the Adeptus Mechanicus would certainly be interested in this.
In addition to these visible material losses, the Defense Force, which Alex had spent a lot of effort cultivating, also suffered heavy casualties in this battle. While the ten regiments of the Defense Force were not completely wiped out, at least three regiments needed to be reorganized.
Among the remaining regiments, five suffered over a third of their casualties and required replenishment, with only two regiments remaining relatively intact, though they also had one or two tenths of casualties.
It could be said that the Rostov II's Defense Force was severely crippled by this battle. Without one or two years for replenishment and reorganization, it would be difficult for them to recover their combat strength.
However, those who survived had been tempered and tested by the fires of war. After all, even regular Astra Militarum rarely encountered such head-on combat with Necrons.
All participating units that survived could be considered elites, even by Astra Militarum standards.
If these ten regiments were reorganized and their personnel and equipment replenished, they could basically be regarded as relatively elite Astra Militarum.
But that was for later. Currently, these ten Defense Force regiments were basically full of wounded soldiers, though few wounded from fighting Necrons typically survived anyway.
As for the losses of the Battle Sisters and the Adeptus Militarus, they were even more heartbreaking. Only a little over a hundred Sisters from the Sacred Rose Convent who participated in this war survived, and the entire Convent suffered a devastating blow.
The Order of the Ebon Chalice did not fare much better. Although they ultimately charged with the First Regiment's armored units, the Battle Sisters' fanatic faith kept them at the forefront of the charge, incurring considerable casualties.
Of a Convent of over a hundred people, only forty-odd remained.
It could be said that both Convents had their foundations damaged this time and would require a long time to recover.
After all, the training of Battle Sisters was incomparable to the recruitment of new recruits for the Defense Force grunts; the difference between the two was quite significant.
On the Adeptus Mechanicus side, although their personnel losses appeared huge, they were paradoxically the easiest to replenish.
Adeptus Militarus who did not die on the battlefield were brought back for recycling and reuse. For those who died, their implants were removed, and their bodies were recycled for new personnel, essentially remaining largely the same after some processing.
Furthermore, some Adeptus Militarus soldiers who performed exceptionally well in combat even had the possibility of being promoted and transformed into more powerful units by the Sages.
Although neither of these Sages had many people available for replenishment, Ovilia was a Biological Sage after all. The Adeptus Mechanicus's bioproduction technology could provide qualified personnel in large quantities, essentially functioning as a clone production line.
It merely used naturally fertilized eggs for cultivation.
All fertilized eggs would rapidly grow in cultivation tanks under perfect conditions and with pharmaceutical catalysis, emerging as perfect adults.
Furthermore, while in the cultivation tanks, once their brains developed to a certain extent, necessary knowledge and common sense would be directly infused into their brains via thought devices, enabling these individuals to be competent in various positions upon emergence.
Moreover, their cognition was cultivated from the beginning to be utterly loyal to the Adeptus Mechanicus, absolutely trustworthy and reliable, making them excellent candidates for workers and soldiers.
Those among them who showed talent in knowledge would be selected for training to become new apprentices.
Therefore, for these two Sages, replenishing troops was something that might require some effort, but was not actually too troublesome.
Compared to their gains this time, the lost Adeptus Militarus were truly insignificant, even though two of Ovilia's Castellax Battle-Automata were destroyed.
"Compared to this harvest, even the battle-loss of my Forge Ship would be an acceptable loss," Donia told Alex after assessing her gains post-battle.
"If we can spend enough time to convert our gains this time into academic achievements, let alone a Forge Ship, we could even trade for a Forge Ark each," Ovilia's assessment gave Alex a more intuitive understanding of the immense scale of their gains.
After all, it was an entire Necron Tomb, and specifically the laboratory of a Necron Tomb Technician, a scientific researcher. While Ovilia and Donia could not yet fully comprehend some of the research that was even advanced technology for the Necrons, they could intuitively judge its value.
Donia even frankly stated that if Alex was willing to trade a portion of it with her teacher, the Forging Supervisor, then Alex's planned small shipyard would basically be settled.
If Alex was willing to trade a bit more of the gains, Donia could help him upgrade the Rostov II's Starport into a Starfort with stronger defensive capabilities and functions, directly placing the shipyard within the Starfort.
A Ramirez Class Starfort would likely be unobtainable, but something two sizes smaller would be no problem.
(Imperial Fleet and Starfort)
For Rostov II, having a fortress capable of resisting fleet attacks was very necessary after experiencing this war. After all, in this war, the Scythe Class had ultimately escaped, and no one knew if it would return.
If the enemy were to gather a fleet to attack again next time, Alex could not guarantee there would be so many ships in orbit to win a space naval battle.
It should be known that the Ecclesiarchy's ship was the most heavily damaged this time. If not for the timely support of the Inquisition Black Ship, Pavel might have perished with his ship in the star sea.
With such a great favor, Alex suddenly realized it would be difficult to repay.
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