“Footfall,” says Thorfinn, “Is the weirdest voidstation we visited in our travels. It’s the first stop rimward of the Maw, the big warp storm that almost completely separates the Koronus Expanse from the Calixis Sector. Like the Ship Breaker Yards, it’s a bunch of asteroids all chained together, though many of the chain links are the same size as Sword Frigate, so the style...
2024-01-12 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostOur arrival at Lickspittle is met with much joy and relief. The mining barges are exchanged for two megatonnes of rare ores, including adamantium, putting a big smile on Eire’s face.
The station’s residents are less happy when we deploy an entire Void Assault regiment to comb through the whole station looking for more Simulacra. The locals quickly change their min...
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“We do not always see eye to eye.”
I snort, “You don’t say.”
Bedwyr Keane, my bodyguard captain, speaks up for the first time since we landed on Grave’s Bite, “I would love to know what it is. What sort of bolt pistol is it?”
“This is one of those things that you and your Heralds need to keep secret,...
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“You mean my experimental materials, Chapter Master? So long as one is not dabbling in forbidden lore, I require no licence.”
“That isn’t how it was reported to...
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Maeve and I float in the sky within a simulation. I recognise the Hive city and its sprawling defences as a copy of Thorfinn’s HiveSim server. There is a massive war go...
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Chapter One Hundred and Forty-One
“Odhran, this will require some context,” I say. “What do you know of the different methods towards transhumanism?”
“Gene Mods an...
2023-12-18 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostI cough into my hand, poorly covering my incredulity at Brigid’s statement. “I’ll skip the rest of the meeting then.”
Mimicking Quaani, I continue, “With relation’s rapidly improving, shore leave was granted after five days since our first contact with Lickspittle. Four further days passed without incident, and by the end of it, both Lickspittle and the P...
2023-12-01 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe picture hanging above the bed changes to a slideshow of images, captured by Thorfinns eyes and sensors as well as his bodyguards, forming composite, three dimensional pictures. First up is a damp cavern, covered in rusting pipes and seized fans, just big enough for a small Imperial shuttle. Next we see a rocky tunnel, glinting with metal, though I can tell the colour in this image is false ...
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The brig is a clean and stark facility with room for up to a thousand individuals. The lighting is harsh and white...
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Our honeymoon ends and Brigid and I return to work. After our little talk, Brig...
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Two days later, the psyker Servitors I left behind at Kinbriar finally punch a message through the eerie calm of the Warp, providing still images and scan data. The Necron Tomb World is gone, as are all the Eldar and Necron wrecks. T...
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I start clapping and the rest of Fleet Command quickly join in.
“Well done, Róisín. You and your team have done an...
2023-11-13 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs I walk around the balcony, admiring the greenery, Brigid approaches me. She grasps my hand and I bend down and give her a brief kiss. Brigid gives my hand a quick squeeze and lets go, then stands back so she doesn’t have to crane her neck so much to talk to me.
“Aldrich.”
“Brigid.”
“I have... a surprise.”
“Oh?”
“Hm, I’m calling her Dawn Gar...
2023-11-10 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostTwo months pass with little of note, then Quaani departs with Thorfinn with much fanfare, speeches, tears and smiles. The new Stellar Fleet Pathfinder Task Group departs with one Lathe-Class light cruiser, four Adder-Class escorts, and two Moth Class-support vessels: Distant Sun, Erudition’s Howl, Red Wasp, Delta Sting, Sol Faithful, Voracious Light, and Hazy Meditations.
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Within the shipyard, two Adder-Class escorts are under construction, with another two planned. A second, Lathe-Class light cruiser is also under construction, ...
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“I am listening, Ya’Va Vsum. How would the Tau like to alter their relationship with the Stellar Fleet?”
“We are anxious about our possible treatment by other Imperials ...
2023-10-30 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI arrive at the new Tau Xeno-Habitat facility. It is a single, white tower, surrounded by parkland that’s growing flora from T’au, the Tau homeworld. The air is dry and the biome reminds me of ancient Africa’s savannas.
The outside of the tower is guarded by Heralds and the inside is patrolled by the few Fire Warriors I permit the Tau to maintain. It helps them police the...
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Six hours after the Eldar terrorist attack, Eire, Owen and I wait in a dull, featureless room with nothing but a plasteel table and four large chairs. A single, blazing spotl...
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My bodyguards are quick to secure the surviving Eldar and check on the xenos representatives. There are plenty of tech-priests to stabilise the wounded. Everyone is doing their assigne...
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I leave the Space Marines to their rehabilitation. Despite the war, routine settles in.
The Stellar Corps successfully retrieves all surviving troops and equipment after suffering a sixty day march and sevent...
2023-10-09 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostQuaani soon departs and I turn to Thorfinn, “What was it you wanted to talk about?”
“There’s been enough excitement and ideas for one day. It can wait.”
“You sure?”
“Yeah, I want more time to think about it anyway.”
“Alright. Well, if you’ll excuse me, I may not need to sleep, but I’m still going to bed. You’re welcome to watch the hologram as l...
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For the next two days, we slog through the North Tomb, fighting our way up through a horde of poorly coordinated, respawning robots. We even stumbled upon three fir...
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