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I follow Champion Verlin in his custom Mark Ⅰ Geist Pattern Dreadnaught as he cuts through the airlock with his four metre Power Sword. 120 Barghest Auxillia, all in Rogue Pattern Power armour, stream around his iron legs ...
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The frenzied violence continues for six hours as neighbours, gangs, Penitents, and Sororitas attack every armed individual. Blood flows down the streets, seeping into cracks within the stone and metal ...
2025-04-25 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostA Happy Easter to everyone, especially Mr Google Doodle, Avartil, paper 20, Jon Deutsch and Bladehawk256. Thank you so much for helping me out with Herald of the Stars!
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A furious Machine-Spirit offers me a data packet. It is dissected by my Advanced E-War Suite then passed onto me unharmed. With my mind immersed within the noosphere and Torch...
2025-04-21 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostI scoff at Killovie’s hint at blackmailing me. I’ve no doubt that the Inquisition already knows everything. Killovie doesn’t need to tell anyone. I am unconcerned about my sons too as they have an Adder-Class escort carrier and a company of Warforged to keep them safe.
Thalk isn’t going to play games after our last talk, nor will the Inquisition bother me when I’m actively...
2025-04-18 15:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostBrian pushes Killovie’s message into a data chip then slips the thin chip into the dedicated slot on one of the dataslates I use for dubious communications. These dataslates have no connection to the noosphere. The only storage they have is for the Machine-Spirit inhabiting it, installed on a read only memory chip, a spirit that executes any data plugged into it in a virtual sandbox. 2025-04-14 15:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
With little to do until my fleet engages with The Wolfpack, I burrow into the command data being beamed back to Torchbearer and investigate the performance of the Light Infantry. These fellows are a mix of House Ortelius troops and Heralds armoured in undersuits and flak uniforms, rather than carapace and exoskeletons. A third of them still lack the standard implants, though most are well train...
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I send out the orders and my teleporters are triggered a second time, each atomic detonating next to a Warp drive.
My spell, Disrupting the Empyrean, is shattered and the Novis Coven Link’s safeties trigger, cutting me off fro...
2025-04-07 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostRescue operations continue for six hours. There was some discussion about leaving the Imperial shuttles to complete their work alone but it was deemed too risky. Karrad Vall’s strike craft appear to be going for Footfall next, which baffles us all, but there is still time enough for them to readjust and target rescue operations should we leave them unguarded.
Over a thousand people are ...
2025-04-04 15:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostMany thanks to HZ for joining the Herald of the Stars Patreon.
Welcome back to all my favourite lurkers who do so love to drop an donation every few months. I might not be able to keep track of you all perfectly via Patreon's internal tools, but I do notice the repeating names. Your help is greatly appreciated!
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Welcome, wraps, Gwwynblaid, and Никита Силин. Thank you so much for signing up to Herald of the Stars. It gives me the courage and means to keep writing!
This week I have stumbled upon a super cheesy Imperial hymn for you all to imagine Alpia singing as she supressed the heretics with her dulcet tones and the Imperial forces ride into battle. Aldrich wo...
2025-03-28 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostA Tech-Apprentice meets me at the security station. He makes the Sign of the Cog and bows to me, then passes me a dataslate.
“Magos, First Officer Finlay Tolmach asked me to give this to you. It contains a summary of the current system. Trader Winterscale and Force Commander Odhran are waiting on a holocall in the Harold Broadbent conference room. Would you like a guide?”
Welcome Dan Nikolaides, Sev’n, Slapjack, John Walsh, and wraps to Herald of the Stars Patreon community. Thank you so much for helping me wi
Welcome Dan Nikolaides, Sev’n, Slapjack, John Walsh, and wraps to Herald of the Stars Patreon community. Thank you so much for helping me with my dream job!
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I climb out of the tank a...
2025-03-21 16:00:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe journey to the Mandeville point is calm. More a case of getting my metaphorical ducks in a row before a long journey, rather than starting anything new.
I check in with JK-404 on my Hyper Intelligence augmentation. The best that could be said of that is JK-404 is confident she can get it to work as all the instructions are present, but understanding it and e...
2025-03-17 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostMy boys and I finish our goodbyes and log off. I spend several minutes in the darkness of my overengineered sleeping pod, going over our conversations, wondering if I did the right thing while simultaneously pretending none of the last few simulated hours actually happened.
After repeated sighs I realise that I am a ridiculous bundle of tangled emotions and throw myself into my wor...
2025-03-14 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostLuan takes a sip and his face flickers with disgust. Then he takes another, and another. “This is awful, but it is warm and sweet and I can’t stop drinking it. Especially when it’s cold at the top of the mountain.”
Fial and Dareaca also try their luck with the drink. I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out. I’d have tried simulating it far earlier, but I needed the Ta...
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Fial says, “Seriously?”
“I have the pics, so it totally happened,” I say.
“What are we even supposed to say to a story like that?” says Dareaca. “You were dead? Like dead ...
2025-03-07 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe funny thing about writing is that sometimes your characters do something unexpected, when no matter how sensible it might be to do something else, you know that they will make the choice you, as the author, do not want. This is one of those moments. I did not plan for this!
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I shuffle over to a bookshelf and reach out to the Machine-Spirit hidin...
2025-03-03 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostDenis Schreiner, mrgn, and Appl. Thank you so much for supporting Herald of the Stars!
This is the final organisation style chapter. New horizons and perilous Warp voyages await!
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At the bottom of the list of Fleet Command analysis is an extensive document exploring the possibility of a Machine-Spirit representative, or even...
2025-02-28 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostTo my new Patreons, melan mjölk, Niteo akuma, SztriX, Heavenward, Peter allen thank you so much for signing up.
Welcome back to all of those who patiently waited for the payment block to end for their latest scheduled binge. I do hope you all enjoyed catching up.
We are now back to two chapters per week for Rogue Trader Patreons. 2025-02-24 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Brandon King, Austin Caudill, Sigismund Discord, Jordan A Drawbund, and Oak Jam, thank you for signing up to Herald of the Stars. It is a delight to have you!
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The Space Marines senior officers have had some additions.
Chaplain Riordan guards the spiritual and mental wellbeing of the strike force. Librarian Aengus remains with Chapter M...
2025-02-17 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThank you to DeShaun Wideman, Alex Rerecich, Brian N Johnson, Tastfulfate, and brandon king for signing up while I was on break. Your faith that I would return from my Christmas slumber is most welcome!
Sitting in my cosy office, I continue my final review, enjoying the feeling of accomplishment I get from seeing how far I have come. The anticipation for how far we...
2025-02-10 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThank you to all my patreons who stuck with me while I was taking a break!
I have some good news for you. As Patreon only permits account suspension in one month blocks, that means that I had to suspend Herald of the Stars twice to cover the six weeks I took off.
Until the 20th February, you won't be paying for chapters. You'll get them for ...
2025-02-03 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas to all my Patreons! Herald of the Stars will return on the third of February.
There will be no billing for active members during January. New members or members who upgrade will still have to pay to access the the backlog of posts.
Posts and chat will remain active, as will comments and private messages, or so the crea...
2024-12-20 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostLord Belly, Ian Jager, and Blopingoper thank you for signing up to Herald of the Stars. I do so love an early Christmas present!
This Friday 920/12/24), will likely be the last chapter before I go on break for Christmas. Patreon will be suspended while I am on break so that you are not charged.
“Thalk, You are placing me in a tricky positio...
2024-12-16 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThank you Larand, rob, ARHHH, Eidetic Eidolon, and Joshua Hurley for supporting Herald of the Stars!
There are approximately two more chapters before I go on break until the 3rd of February. Patreon will be suspended during this time. I don't expect you all to pay for my holiday!
I have added an additional three hundred words to 247 to redu...
2024-12-13 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt takes little effort to slip into Lyre’s implants. Like most people, he didn’t read the fucking manual and set his rosette as a trusted item and linked it to his MIU to save himself from having to enter a password every time he uses the rosette’s advanced infiltration features.
Lyre’s MIU is a rather basic one with minimal security. He doesn’t know any better and whomever he a...
2024-12-09 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostLyre slumps in his chair and, for a brief moment, actually looks his age, as if all of his concerns have dragged him so deep he just can’t bring himself to care. “It would appear that there are still a few lessons I can impart.”
“What is it now?” says Raphael.
“The Inquisition is an odd institution. We have a representative among the High Lords of Terra, yet no Inquisito...
2024-12-06 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostI make myself a cup of tea and check up on my build queues in the workshop. Yes, I could look at the data, but really, I just want an excuse to move about a bit to calm down.
There isn’t much to look at and I run through a few check-ins, seeing how JK-404 is getting on with her assigned research and take a look at Killovie Signi’s schedule.
The Vanus Assassin is alternating bet...
2024-12-02 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostMinor changes have been made to chapter 243 (29/11/24)
Lyre says, “You would all dismiss my expertise and oppose me?”
“No, Inquisitor,” says Abbisine. “We do not oppose you, nor will we be blindly led to slaughter. I agree with Trader Winterscale. Magos Issengrund is a character worthy of our suspicion. The last time an individual with so much potential po...
2024-11-29 16:00:43 +0000 UTC View PostNightworm, Kristoffer, and AviKav thank you for supporting Herald of the Stars. The encouragement really helps me keep writing!
Lyre and Calligos’s eye’s glaze over as they consider all they have learned. Abbisine sits rigid in her chair, barely breathing. Thalk stands and paces around the room, his hands clasped behind this back. He stops and looks up at the d...
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