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We exit my shuttle...
2025-08-11 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostAlpia, Heralds, Astartes, and Sororitas, board my personal shuttle and stow their gear. My Class 3 D-POT is a little different from the others as not only is it designed for diplomacy, it’s also tricked out as an escape vehicle with all the tools and data needed to restart civilization. It has a gellar field and was warded and blessed by me. With all its extra features and manufacturing, its ...
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The Hermitage was dumped in this swirl of calm space by Rogue Trader Trame Lathimon, next to a much older station of unidentified origins called The Conclave.
According to the priests left behind, th...
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‘A bit’, as it turns out, is rather long when one has a master key to all the security on a void ship and a legion of cleaning ...
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“No, I don’t need to talk about my mental health right this moment. My day out with Alpia was all the balm I need. Th...
2025-07-28 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, don’t be so up tight, Magos Issengrund,” says Tanthus, his well formed second chin wobbling as he speaks. “Why did you even make the snacks available if no one is going to eat them? Do you think someone who lives on a crappy void station like Footfall can afford to miss out on free food?”
“I was going to pay you a compliment,” I say. “That moment has now passed. Liege...
2025-07-25 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostBrigid checks everyone in the room to see if they’re still listening. For someone who isn’t planning on investing, Abbisine is enjoying herself and recording the meeting through an ocular implant. Chaplin Riordan’s apprentice, Tech-Marine Ottavio, is taking notes on a data pad with a stylus, though he looks a bit lost.
Calligos has a manic grin on his face and his mind ...
2025-07-21 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostBrigid’s outrageous and contradictory statement has everyone lean forward and pay attention to her words. Even Tanthus Moross shakes off the last of his irritation and stops scoffing the free snacks.
A small smile graces Brigid’s well-crafted face at the reaction. She waits for a moment for everyone to settle, then resumes her explanation.
“The first aspect to consider is what...
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I say, “Correct, Inquisitor Horthstein. A secondary communication network is not intended to replace the Adeptus Telepathica though. Rather my network is an extension of...
2025-07-14 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTanthus Moross stares at me for several seconds, repeatedly clenching his fists, no doubt considering the consequence of each response he could take to my verbal dressing down. In the end, he decides to say nothing and makes the Sign of the Aquila instead.
I turn my attention back to the group and say, “Thank you for your perspective, Herald Primarus Noake. You’ve given us a much need...
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I explain what the Barghests have been researching while keeping my doubts to myself and pointing out the nuances behind the research. There are a lot of shocked faces and every...
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I clap my hand once, “That’s enough, Raphael, Tanthus.”
Tanthus and Raphael glare at each other, though they remain silent.
“JK-404,” I say, “I want a word with you and Br...
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The day of the big meeting arrives and I am most pleased to return to Torchbearer. I am sure that Rapturous Spirit and the Imperial Navy are only too happy to no longer h...
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Alpia and I skip the rooms of Servitors, slaves, and killer robots. Obsidian Emporial focuses on small teams, not armies like I need. I don’t want someone else’s shoddy work. Neither do I wish to encourage s...
2025-06-27 15:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe interior of Obsidian Emporial is far less colourful, with every wall and pillar covered in black obsidian, and shaped like a serpent's scales. The stonework has been damaged in some spots, gouged by claws and melted with fire. It feels more like we’ve entered the lair of a mythical dragon than an auction house.
The reception hall is lit with burning torches and hidden yellow lights....
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I arrive at Obsidian Emporial. The plaza in front of their main building is patrolled by their troops, many of whom bear dressed wounds and damaged armour. Towering over them are the Heralds of Alpia’s Close Protection Company, all equipped with...
2025-06-20 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe Barghests have become excellent gene-wrights and surgeons, learning when to remove organs if Neophytes show signs of rejection and saving their lives, creating living banks of geneseed organs and superior Auxilia who fight alongside their fully converted Space Marines. Auxilia rarely live beyond fifty. Their bodies collapse from not having the proper balance of organs, and frequent correcti...
2025-06-16 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostOdhran stares up at me and hands over a dataslate, “The data you requested, Magos. Farewell.”
He and his brothers march away in perfect sync without the customary salute to a superior officer.
Oh boy, I really went off on one there.
I receive a message over vox from my bodyguards, “Magos, would you like me to call Alpia over?”
My bodyguards have standing...
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I say, “There are no records of the woman and blessed child. It would appear that one moment they existed on the station, and the next they did not. They carried no trinkets or tattoos that might hint at their origins an...
2025-06-09 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostEphrine puts down her mug on a small fold-out table and says, “One of my patrols was assaulted in the Hab-Fanes after I performed a miracle. We were hoping to
track down the child and the mother and offer our protection yet we cannot find them.”
“I am aware of the incident. Footfall’s noosphere is in poor condition, but I will see what I can find.”
“You...
2025-06-06 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“I didn’t just imagine that conversation did I?” I mutter. I receive a pattern of vox clicks on my link with my bodyguards timed just right to almost sound like deadpan laughter.
“Hilarious. I am going to stand here for five minutes gathering my wits should any of you care to sweep the surrounding area and set up.”
A message appears in the corner of my vision, “Word ...
2025-06-02 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostEmil’s cruiser has long since docked at Footfall and four teleport strike teams, of six Warforged each, from my Close Protection Company have joined me. I appreciate their presence as it lets me focus on my tasks, rather than my safety. I am not concerned about duplicity from Battlefleet Koronus of Tithe Fleet Calixis. I do not trust the fleets’ security, however.
Navigator Leonis Ale...
2025-05-30 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostCaptain Leith Madara is the next person to pull off a trick. At one light minute out, half its maximum practical range, Torchbearer fires its Nova Cannon.
A fifty metre wide fusion bomb is accelerated to near relativistic speeds along a 700 metre barrel via gravity manipulation. There are other options, like singularity or vortex shells, but I don’t have any of the fancy stuff....
2025-05-26 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostA mix of outrage and relief flashes through Emil’s thoughts as my insult slams home.
Emil swallows, then says in a level tone, “Thank you for your mercy, Lord Captain.”
I say, “Don’t get too excited. The Inquisition are yet to have their say and they are not as restrained as I am. Raphael Horthstien works for me. He is young, righteous, and full of fire. Raphael is a stude...
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Emil’s senior Navigator arrives first and, to everyone’s surprise other than my own, throws himself ...
2025-05-19 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe bridge of Emil’s cruiser is grey. Spread across four sub decks, and over eight different groupings, hundreds of officers and Tech-Priests labour over banks of cogitators, monitoring and directing their little kingdoms from afar. Sixteen squads of voidsmen, backed by hulking Servitors, heavy turrets, and a squad of Ogryn guard the area against intrusion and disobedience.
Emil sits ab...
2025-05-16 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe Warp Drive room is one of largest components on a void ship, on par with the enginarium. Depending on the vessel class and component selection, Imperial vessels require as much as a third of their vessel dedicated to ‘engines’.
As far as I can tell, this is a bit exaggerated, and 25% is far more common than I first thought. It’s a little tricky to tell from external pictur...
2025-05-12 15:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostI open Odhran’s message: “Magos Issengrund. The Warp incursion has been thwarted, though not under our terms. The Bargests’ objectives and operational capability remain unchanged. My thanks to your Battlesmiths for our new defences and your personal attention in reconstructing Champion Verlin; our losses are far lower than expected from such violent sorceries. Once again, my brothers ...
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The portal explosion happened over two hours ago yet neither the Librarians or my own psykers have reached out to me to inform me of the emergency, the entire point of setting up a psychic relay.
Annoyed and concerned at t...
2025-05-05 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostI am unsure how the Chaos Sorcerer's declaration can still be heard in the data stream when the microphones are all overloaded from the elite Noise Marines. Nevertheless, with his egotistical cry, the ritual completes, opening a portal to the warp.
My familiarity with this scenario is concerning and comforting. Concerning because I keep ending up in front of portals, rituals, and demon su...
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