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The Servitor in the middle of the table passes a report to Thalk, Calligos and Lyre. None of them look at the report and stare at Abbisine with neutral, almost bored expressions.
Abbisine clears her throat, an entirely unnecessary action as her voice box is a speaker, the...
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Fial says goodbye and hangs up. I sit on the edge of my sleeping pod and stare at my hands, repeatedly clenching and unclenching them. I’ve always known that, objectively, the Imperium of Man is like a cracked jar of poisonous, cannibalistic insects. It is quite another to exper...
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Fial says, “Stellar Fleet crews are disciplined because they are well trained and educated. They obey because they know everyone will die, and how, if they are too slow. They are trained when to question, and wh...
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I end my meditation and panic for a brief moment; there are four large snakes hissing in my face. I get up, replace my nutrient packs, then lie back down. There is a lot I need to do and consider and I’m still waitin...
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With the primary Machine-Spirit of The Barber’s Blades lying in ruin, I feel confident about hiding the bomb inside the vent in the makeshift breakroom. After shoving it up there, I use my pilfered privileges to connect the bomb to the vessel’s communication network and close up the vent.
With m...
2024-11-08 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe Cyber Mastiff growls and shifts its body, ready to dash off.
Gently scratching its head, I say, “Go back down the corridor and put the bomb in the improvised rec room, then protect our rear. I don’t want to get flanked or lose our mission objective so late in the game. If all our signals go down, set the bomb, then make for the hangar and beam a report back to Torchbearer....
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Ten minutes after leaving the station, we arrive at the centre of the vessel. Once again, we are confronted with the bane of all adventurers, a locked door. This magnificent specimen is a single slab of adamantium alloy six metres wide ...
2024-11-01 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe next station we pass is also littered with the chewed remains of Servitors, leaving me with more questions. Why are there Ur-Ghuls, a Drukhari tracking species, on this vessel? Where are all the Plague Zombies? Most importantly, why does eating people’s souls make me feel hungry, rather than a sobbing wreck!? I know I’ve become fairly ambivalent about death over the past century,...
2024-10-28 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostI hum a nameless merry tune as the train trundles through the voidship at a sedate twenty kilometre per hour. Every two hundred metres or so, it pulls up at a station, waiting for more passengers that will never come.
The Barber’s Blades is in poor condition with broken conduits, dripping pipes and random holes ripped through the superstructure.
Light from the underslung t...
2024-10-25 15:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostI find a room with a large panel on the wall covered in white lines and blinking lights. Beneath it is a desk of switches, dials, and gauges. There is a thin layer of dust over everything as if the last person to sit in the chair facing the panel left mere weeks ago, rather than centuries.
The back of the chair has an oval cut out along the spine, so I am able to sit without my mec...
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The Cyber Mastiff and I plod around the deck, grabbing everyone and pushing them into the maintenance room. I am rather irritated that no one has mag-boots. I consider them so essential that neither Alpia no...
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With all my implants operating off my back up potentia coils and nary a hint of Warp energy, I feel as if I am back in my sarcophagus, staring out from behind the ...
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++Reboot successful. Welcome back Operator Issengrund.++
++Fatal Error: Warp Tap destroyed. Solution: construct new unit. Error: User Issengrund has not deciphered Warp Tap Ⅰ. Automated construction disabled. Solution: demonstrate knowledge of Warp Tap Ⅰ construc...
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I shake my head, “We need to get rid of it. I cannot shelter you from the Inquisition for a book like that Quaani. I’m not sure I should.”
A bitter expressio...
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“Geist,” says Thorfinn, “is a highly illegal narcotic that boosts a person’s psy-rating. I came across it when I visite...
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“Unfortunately, dear, I don’t think any of us can navigate some of these gifts,” says Brigid. “Nevertheless, let’s start with the least troublesome and go from there, otherwise we’ll never be able to concentrate on the rest. First are some xenos artefacts, an Eldar Force Shield and Runes of Witnessing.
“An Eldar...
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“It’s not entirely Alpia’s fault,” I say. “She isn’t responsible for the actions of oth...
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It has been a month since the disastrous banquet and, despit...
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Alpia says, “Dad, before we try a new power, can you tell me what the weird creature diving in and out of the dataslate is? Those wings look like flippers. The golden crown is cool though.”
“It’s a Royal Penguin. Back when Old Earth still had oceans, you could ...
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I restore my aura protection and Abbisine scrambles upright. She stares at my arsenal of weapons currently pointing at the ceiling, then departs immediately. Thalk and Ephrine follow her...
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This chapter will be taking the background plot in a new direction. It's about time Aldrich's actions impacted the galaxy at large. I'd love to know what you all think and the different directions the story could g...
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“You sure know how to flatter a man, Cybersmith Paorach,” says Calligos.
Ròsìn raises a finely crafted eyebrow and Calligos clears his throat.
“What I meant to say is that I am in a position to offer you a Freeblade contract.”
“Whatever would I do with that? Tr...
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“Well now,” says Riordan, “I’d say general readiness is always a concern. For military men such as Thalk and I, talking about our forces is f...
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Abbisine Vakul says, “Samples would be appreciated. I admit that having Machine-Spirits show themselves is a neat trick. It is an entertaining way to sort the menials from the prospective apprentices. Only those who can determine what is real, and...
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I have made some changes to the previous chapter. The important one is that I have removed the Nurglings from the recording that Aldrich shows. It felt rather out of character for Aldrich to be so careless, no matter how 'in the know' void ship captains should be. It al...
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The answer the Monday's author question was somewhat divided with interest in a glossary, but not at the expense of a week of chapters. As such, the schedule will continue as normal and without interruption.
M...
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2024-08-19 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter Master Lir, Canoness Ephrine, Librarian Aengus and I say our farewells and thanks to Trader Calligos then depart Emperor’s Vow and travel to Grave’s Bite in my shuttle.
Lir chuckles merrily when I park his Thunderhawk inside the vehicle bay of the Class three D-POT while Ephrine immediately tries, and fails, to requisition a D-POT for her Mission. Aengus wanders off to ...
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“Now that you’ve all pecked at the Magos for your pound of plasteel,” says Calligos, “I have something more productive to offer.”
Below us, the performance continues ...
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