With an additional nineteen vessels the are now ninety-seven active vessels in SR-651, enough firepower to scour a whole imperial sector or launch a small crusade. It’s the sort of gathering that one might see once a century in the Koronus Expanse, and I am not happy to be in the middle of it.
Calligos Winterscale is quick to take advantage by hosting a circus performance on his ...
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“Before our assault on Dying Light, the Receiving Yard, among many other vessels, was host to two Rogue Trader scions. They were potential inheritors of Admiral Dallactarius IV, a Rogue Trader who perished in a co...
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A week flitters by without any unwanted excitement. I continue to spend two hours with my family every day. The kids have mostly bounced back. The House Benetek navigators have settled in and Reina Benetek and Annette Issengrund née Ortelius have struck up a...
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The walls are covered with bookshelves and filled with STC printouts on glass-like holographic plates, identical to the ones I found o...
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JK sits opposite me in my luxury shuttle and says, “Is every meeting you have with the Space Marines so charged?”
“So far! I do not mind though. They are incredibly blunt, but I find such clarity of communication convenient.”
“They’re even more binary than we are,” says JK. “They’r...
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A flat and halting synthesised voice comes from the dataslate in Owen’s hand. “There will be no more...defeat. Give me best. Price...map...Chorda...”
++Connection Lost.++
Owen taps the dataslate, “That’s all we’re going ...
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During the shuttle ride to Red Knoll, I am shocked to receive an influx of data from my Data Syphon.
My mind stalls for several minutes as centuries of obtuse and detailed knowledge is shoved int...
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Connecting to Alpia’s final soul bond is a completely different experience to the bond I have with her, or the two-faced bond she has with different aspects of the Emperor.
Mine ...
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Fial says, “Well, Alpia has been awake, fighting and solving runic puzzles for nine days straight. Of course she is asleep.”
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I pace around my cabin as my shuttle returns me to Red Knoll, landing upon the Vanguard Class vessel with deceptive ease. Exiting the large shuttle,...
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E-SIM swings his huge pole axe and the Greater Demon dis...
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Fair warning, this one ends on a cliff hanger.
++More old references? It is not healthy to live in the past.++
“Nor is it wise to forget what has shaped me. What use is it striving for a better tomorrow if I...
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The twelve metre Questoris Pattern Chaos Knight towers over everything within the chamber. Thick, shell shaped armour covers its stooped shoulders, its head protruding in front of its chest as if the corrupted ...
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The central cogitator is a vast, cathedral-like space with marble pillars and a domed ceiling, intricately painted with techno-arcane rites, god machines, and other grand artifice. Massive racks of data looms are...
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The flow of demons thickens as I approach the breach and I upload new, larger attack programs to the noosphere. The shaft fills with large jellyfish. Their tendrils stun and inject the multiple intruders with des...
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Shouts and screams surround me as demons assault both Heralds and Machine-Spirits.
I hit the emergency purge button, hoping to shut down all the power and cut the ritual. The button does nothing and my mechadendrit...
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Following the Automata are eighteen power armoured Heralds with a wide mix of weaponry. They all have hellfire pistols on their shoulders, or held by mechadendrites, that...
2024-06-10 15:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs I lash out with my hammer, I send Aife another telepathic message, “I remain functional, Lieutenant, and can hold my own. I will remain out here in the centre and attract all the attention I can. Be quick with the counter assault, the main enemy is yet to show itself and they’re already causing trouble.”
I detect that Aife wishes to reply and deepen our connection.
“Magos...
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If anyone is wondering why all the italics have disappeared on ship names, implants, spells, and vox conversations it is because Patreon does not copy and paste properly anymore. I'm not going to add italics back in manually, but they will remain in the Royal Ro...
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“So much for a pleasant few hours playing cards and drinking,” I say. “I am not pleased to hear that Odhran has been keeping so many tricks from me either.”
“Do not hold fault with the Serge...
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“I wondered when this would come up,” mutters Raphael.
“So you knew,” Verlin crosses his arms.
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Except for Domhnall, who lowers himself to the floor, we all take a seat around the green felted table. Raphael looks slightly silly as his chair is rather high so that he’s the same height as the rest of...
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“Talking of Faith,” says Eire, “you’re leaving Owen and Rósín behind as well. Fleet Command is looking pretty thin. That only leaves you with Brigid, Raphael, yourself, and Lonceta.”
I hum, “It’s not ideal, I need Owen to keep an eye o...
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Several days go by as the kids try to solve Geliran Ph...
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Apologies for the chapter mix-up. I'll post both this week's chapters 185 and 186 so that you're not left hanging. Normal service will resume next Monday (13/05).
I say, “Thank you, Hattie. Are y...
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Apologies for the chapter mix-up. I'll post both this week's chapters 185 and 186 so that you're not left hanging. Normal service w...
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The clothes store is selling coats of all kinds: great coats, trench coats, frock coats and so on. The dummies in the window are blank masked servitors that cycle through poses li...
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In the end, Inquisitor Lyre Hamiz stays for an extra week, departing at the same time as us. Both Lyre and Raphael choose a Rejuvenat Gland for the single cybernetic I promised them each. The...
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