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PART I - THE WARP CARD ACE

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED"MORE LOGISTICS"

As before mentioned in past chapters, a planetary invasion is one of those awe-inspiringsci-fi concepts writers like to toss around without real thought to the logistics behindsuch an endeavour. The average planet is a substantially large body, whose total surfacearea equates to a considerably large number of Dawn of Warmaps. Apparently,according to popular science fiction, such a massive undertaking is relatively easy to

achieve, so long as one is content to close one's eyes, put one's fingers in one's ears,and hum very loudly when confronted with the facts.

Magnus the ed, however, is quickly learning that such a narrative lu!ury does not

e!tend towards him"

Magnus the Red:#a$ing down at the vast amounts of paperwork held before him onthe backs of tortured and abused thralls %as they all are&.Foodstuff?!?Why the hell dowe need so much food?!? Over ninety percent of our army is either possessed suits ofarmouror daemonic entities from another dimension!Why do we need so muchfood?!?

Ahriman:ot fa$ed in the slightest, and determined to get through all this even if itresults in his banishment %again&.My ex-lord, this has een carefully measured andselected for that ten percent who aren'timmune to the effects of huner in any deree"While we space marines don#t have to eat so much, our forces are still comprised of alare numer of human soldiers, and several alien allies" $heir food re%uirements are alittle exotic, understandaly, and they#ve een credited on a separate pae

Magnus the Red:(lips over a page, and raises his eyebrow.$en thousand tonnes of&'(?

Ahriman:)hrugs.$he )root love chic)en* what can + say?

Magnus the Red:(licking through the pages upon pages of reports with increasingdiscontent.Well there#s #love# and then there#s pricin us out of the planetary invasionusiness" Why do we have )root allies anyway?

Ahriman:$hey came with the (haos tau

Magnus the Red:*links for several moments in surprise.We have (haos tau?

Ahriman:es my ex-lord" pparently it seems that the appearance of the .ell /unny0eion was not enouh to incite sufficient fan-rae" +t was deemed the appearance ofthat second most fluff aomination is re%uired

Magnus the Red:+auses.Dare + as) what#s the first?

Ahriman:(haos 1rey &nihts

Magnus the Red:2ow why is everythin that incites nerd-rae amonst the fluff

nutters out there always involve (haos? ou#d thin) they would have noticed sometimeao that we#re sufficient a unch of cra3y astards to try anything

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Ahriman:$hat may e true, my ex-lord" .owever the (haos 4apanese .ih 5chool 1irl$roupe was a little stupid

Magnus the Red:2ot when they demonstrated the application of #hammer space# toretrieve those vulcan mea-olters from etween their les and mow down those

accursed Dar) nels last millennia

Ahriman:)miles at the memory.h 6 ood times

Magnus the Red:+ndeed they are )pots something else.Wait 6 whyhave +apparently ordered five thousand inflatale loune chairs with accompanyin eer hats?

Ahriman:h 6 + was hopin you didn#t notice that" 5ome of the lads and myself wereplannin to ta)e some vacation 7after our inevitale victory of course8 on the ice floes

Magnus the Red:Afterthe invasion?

Ahriman:esitates.Oh definitely

Magnus the Red:+ uess some thins don#t chane 6 oh what the hell do youuyswant?

A line of dark tech-priests enter Magnus' private sanctum and arrange themselves before

him before, one by one, they hand over leathery tomes bound in still-bleeding arteries.Magnus takes each one and looks at them in confusion.

Magnus the Red:What are these?

Dark Forge-master:Minor technicalities, my lord" ll we re%uire is your sinature,

mar)ed in the lood of the rihteous as offerin to our dar) lords

Ahriman:Define #rihteous#" $his isthe forty-first millennium, after all" + dout there#san aundance of s%uea)y-clean moral-lovin virins anywhere we can ta)e advantaeof

Dark Forge-master:$hen 9ust anyone#s lood will do, ut it hasto e lood" $he last(haos lord we dealt with sined everythin with red iro" That didn#t o down well withthe dar) ods """

Magnus the Red:pening the first.Wait 6 fue epenses? + thouht our mihty warmachines ran on the souls of the damned?

Dark Forge-master:Do you )now how expensive the souls of the damned are thesedays? $here isan economic recession, rememer" $hins 9ust aren#t as readily availaleas efore" $he soul trade ot hit hard, especially" (urrent exchane rate is severalhundred dar) thrones to a soul, and we 9ust can#t afford much

Magnus the Red:)igning with his own multi-coloured blood %being a good follower ofT$eentch, his bodily fluids change colour depending on the time, day of the week, lunartides, and pro!imity to the latest Doctor Whospecial&.4ust my luc)" My rand plan ofdeath on a planetary scale is already ein crippled y poor an) manaement efrowns.Oh come on!ou can#t chare me for that!

Dark Forge-master:ecognising the tome Magnus has ust opened.our forcesconsist of several hundred thousand i"ingindividuals who not only need to eat, ut also####$.ow do you thin) that#s oin to e manaed? We all di a lare hole in the

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round and point our arses in the eneral direction?

Ahriman:1enerally + 9ust let my armour do the wor)" $hese last few thousand yearsit#s ta)en a real li)in to my-

Dark Forge-master:2ot everyone is fortunate enouh to have worn a suit of

daemonically-possessed armour lon enouh for it to have adapted so, my lord hriman"Most of our forces are new recruits who haven#t even proressed eyond holdin uplare stic)s with crudely painted icons on the top and chantin asic prayers they learntin reliion school

Magnus the Red:+#ve noticed that" +#m still not sure where all those :uric$erminators went either 6"

Ahriman:+ ot a telepathic mail from them the other day" $hey want to tell you they#rehavin fun in development hell and to hold out until someone writes a decent (haos#dex" ;ither that or pic) up >>> up?

Dark Forge-master:4ust this one thin etrieves a small scroll and hands it toMagnus.our purchase confirmation from e/ay for one 1ary 1yax#s soul

Magnus the Red:'inally! 2ow to find a suitale weapon to power with this mihty soul"""

Ahriman:+ never cease to e ama3ed at what you can uy off e/ay

Magnus the Red:+ndeed" 5omeone out there has my other eyeAhriman raises aneyebrow.O&, that was a lie Tosses the paperwork to one side and stands tall and

proud %not a hard thing to do&.;nouh of this! +#ve had enouh! 0ets start thisinvasion!

Ahriman:out time" +f anyone needs me, +#ll e in my room pac)in fifty pac)s ofeer into a porta-horror

Magnus the Red:$hat sounds messy

Ahriman:$rue, ut they )eep the drin)s cool

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DAWN OF WAR ARC

PART I - THE WARP CARD ACE

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND ONE

"THE WARP CARD ACE"

/eep within the bowls of the (ang, that great fortress built upon the mountains ofAsaheim, thousands of cloaked thralls hurry to secure the most pri$ed possessions of the)pace 0olves chapter. Their minds occupied with their great task, they no longer notice

the giant of an astartes that strides amongst them.

%of &uard Ranuf:is sheer si$e and bulk threatening to achieve critical mass andcollapse into a black hole of testosterone.(areful! +f you spill one drop the 1reat Wolfshall spea) harsh words of sarcasm in your eneral directions! otices the largeadamantium foot planted before him./9orn? What are you doin down here? 5houldn#tyou e up on the attlements preparin to face our ancient enemies in attle oncemore?

(orn the Fe-handed:1ooking suspicious 2 if an emotionless robot with anunchanging face could be described as 'suspicious'.5houldn#t you?

%of &uard Ranuf:+#m "" concerned aout the eer """

(orn the Fe-handed:5o am + 6

%of &uard Ranuf:+t 6 they loo) safe """

(orn the Fe-handed:ou can never e too sure, thouh" $hey miht screw up, dropsome """

%of &uard Ranuf:$rue 6 never trust a human to do an astarte#s 9o """

They both ump as the communication vo!-network beeps a dit$y little tune heralding

the impending voice of 1eman uss.

Leman Russ:3)top fussing about the beer and get your asses up here4 0e're seeingdrop-pod fire trails on the hori$on4 5'm not starting this war with my team two specialcharacters down46

The vo! clicks off.

(orn the Fe-handed:+ uess we etter et movin" When he#s in this mood youetter not mess around with him

%of &uard Ranuf:Well, you would )now

(orn the Fe-handed:$rust me + do (rowns 2 well the half-corpse within does atany rate.ren#t you supposed to e dead?

%of &uard Ranuf:ren#t you?

(orn the Fe-handed:$ouche

) * ) R ) + ) M ) A ) R ) , ) ) . )

igh above, upon the open battlements of the (ang, a great host of )pace 0olves ga$e

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out across the glittering mountains, alight with the dying rays of a setting sun %postcardsavailable from your local (enrisian gift shop&. The #reat 0olf, 1eman uss himself,

focuses his sight upon the last ember-trail left by a falling drop-pod.

/eman Russ:ou sha)in them luc)y dice 1rimnar?

/ogan &rimnar: 0ho is indeed shaking dice.es, my lord

/eman Russ:1ood" + don#t want to lose off on that critical first turn roll! re the Wolf1uard in position?

/ogan &rimnar:/ehind hard cover, my lord, with assault cannons and cyclone missilelaunchers all primed and ready for an unodly arrae of pure rade- chedder

/eman Russ:ods in satisfaction.1ood man" (an#t let that one-eyed astard win thistime, 0oan

/ogan &rimnar:*links.My lord, + elieve we won last time

/eman Russ:+ weren#t here" Doesn#t count

/ogan &rimnar:Of course, my lord """

0aina *roudmoore: )hifting on the balls of her feet.Oh this is so excitin!

/ogan &rimnar:ou still here?

/eman Russ:+ can#t et rid of the loody woman! 7!asperated.0oo), it was a onenight stand! Don#t they have casual sex in 3eroth! Must everythin carnal econnected to serious romantic plot developments?

0aina *roudmoore:*links several times in confusion.ren#t we in love now?

/eman Russ:Throws up his hands in despair./loody hell!

0aina *roudmoore:0ith an eager look in her eyes.+#m so lad + stayed for this* +#veeen rindin my honour points@ for wee)s now 1ooks up at 1eman and grins.$here#sthis special epic ABA staff +#m savin up for

/eman Russ:#rinding his teeth into dust through sheer irritation.Alease tell me it#sthe #C staff of shut-the->>>>-up# """

0aina *roudmoore:ffended.$hat#s not nice!

/ogan &rimnar:1eaning over to whisper in his +rimarch's ear.My lord, you areexcused from )illin her" $he oys wiconsider it perhaps one of your reatestachievements

/eman Russ:)ighing./ut we#re 5pace Wolves laddie* after those oodie-two-shoesEltramarines we#re the closest thin this settin has to ood uys

/ogan &rimnar:+t#s the 1:+MD:& dar)ness of the 1:+MD:& far 1:+MD:& future*no one wi care" .ell, you can reularly rape and )ill puppies and they#ll still raiseshrines to you on thousands of worlds

/eman Russ:8ontemplates that for a second.1ood point eaches over, and with acasual flick of the wrist, snaps 9aina's neck.$hat felt ood There's a loud 'thud' as her

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3drad:Don#t e stupid" $hat pointy stic)#s ac) home ein cleaned" $hat e pointsat the staff.+s a Alot Device

2yi:What#s it for?

3drad:Oh for the ods# sa)e woman! ou#re a seer! 'lic) the script forward a half-do3en or so paes and find out!

2yi: /oes as he says, and gasps in ama$ement.+mpressive!

3drad:)miles.$hat#s what you#ll say to me in ed ten chapters from now

There's an awkward silence, as everyone wonders how to reply to that.

2yi:ny chance + can-?

3drad:4ust as planned, &yli

2yi:/ut +#ve already ot-

3drad:4ust as planned

2yi: pens her mouth.

3drad:4ust as planned

2yi:""" you really are a dic) aren#t you?

3drad:Turns to face you.t least +#m not you


PART II - POLYGON INVASION

CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWO

"FOOD STILL SUCKS, THOUGH ..."

5t is perhaps one of the main constants present in the universe that no matter what the

organisation or who runs it there will inevitably be a staff cafeteria. This is true for thefollowing reasons" everyone needs to eat, and people generally prefer to do so incompany. 1ike se!, really.

The fficio Assassinorum is no e!ception to this rule, and most of the temple staffcongregate at the general canteen come socially-accepted lunch time for food, gossip,and general complaining about the quality of their work. All, that is, e!cept the staff ofthe 8ule!us temple, who, being on the other side of the known gala!y, have their own

food courts %which has given rise to the rumour that their food tastes better tocompensate for the close pro!imity to soulless abominations&.

&rand Master of the 4fficio AssassinorumFAfter carefully considering his options.+#ll ta)e the mash potato and reen peas" ;asy on the ravy, than)s love )milessweetly at the middle-aged woman serving behind the steaming selection of food.

Master of the 5indicare Tempe: )huffling up beside the #rand Master in the queue..ey, did you hear? out the Aalace?

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&rand Master of the 4fficio Assassinorum:(rowning in confusion.What part? $hatit#s under siee y illions of unhappy citi3ens wantin a new system of overnment, orthat the renovation is still ehind schedule to a severe lac) of s)ulls to emed in theconcrete?

Master of the 5indicare Tempe:$he siee part

Master of the 5enenum Tempe:(rom behind the :indicare.+ heard that the;mperor has een ta)en hostae, and that the crowds are callin for the heads of theArimarchs!

&rand Master of the 4fficio Assassinorum:+ can#t imaine what for* + dout ifcollectively all twenty Arimarchs have enouh rey matter to )eep a /iolois tech-adepthappy for even a sinle term of studies

As he finishes his sentence the serving lady, having finished pouring a generous helpingof gravy on the grand Master's plate, begins to distort painfully, changing into a

reasonably attractive woman who appears half the age of the woman she had beenmasquerading as %however, thanks to 5mperial longevity treatment, she's probably old

enough to be the before-mentioned 'middle-aged' woman'sgreat grand-mother&.

Master of the ,aidus Tempe:Adusting the outfit she's wearing, now several si$estoo large for her.Aerhaps they hope to turn them into a collection of novelty coffeemus" 1od-;mperor )nows they won#t need to hollow them out eforehand

Master of the 5indicare Tempe: )lightly concerned.5houldn#t we e morerespectful? $hese are the *rimarchswe#re tal)in aout

Master of the ,aidus Tempe:nd what have they done for the +mperium? +#ll tell

youF repeatedly screwed it up" :ememer that summer campain, with the 2ecrons andtheir (#tan lords tryin to re-write out alaxy with lan Merrett#s laptop? :ememer thatextensive clean-up session we had afterwards assassinatin all the loose plot-threadsthey left danlin everywhere? nd don#t et me started on the repercussions of theirrecent ret-con

Master of the 5enenum Tempe:#roaning in despair.+t too) me aes to poison allthose loody orcs and ship their corpses ac) to 3eroth" On the plus side + sold them allat a discount to that 5ylvanas chic), which has re-filled the temple armoury %uite nicely

They move to sit down together at a spare table; concious that they're holding up thequeue of hungry adept personnel %and the odd assassin catching a snack between

training&. The Master of the 7versor Temple is already sitting there, reading the latestissue of /erser)er Monthly. e smiles politely as they quickly describe the conversationso far, while he thinks of five hundred ways to kill them with the plastic fork supplied forlunch.

Master of the 3"ersor Tempe: olling his eyes, in the process noticing that the saltpot would definitely cause maor brain damage if used correctly.+#ve ot startdestroyers worth of dead odies to dispose of" My oys went a little trier-happycleanin up after the last arc

Master of the 5indicare Tempe:When are your oys nottrier-happy

Master of the 3"ersor Tempe:When they#re disemowellin their tarets withalloon animals, for one" 4ust ecause our methods of )illin involve more 6 #colourful#tactics than your temple#s attitude of sittin on their asses for five wee)s to let off one

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room, and smiles.+ declare, that +, .orus, Warmaster of wesome, 0ord of (ool, .eWho ;veryone Wants to 5leep With 7includin the uys, and personally + don#t lamethem8, am wal)in out of here" + dare anyone to stop me

The lasguns open fire. The entire room is filled with criss-crossing laser beams thatlightly burn anything they touch. (or several second afterwards everyone's sight is

obscured by the retinal after-image. 7ventually their sight is restored, in time to seeorus writhing on the ground in pain.

orus:1odsdammit! $hose lasuns hurt!

Roga Dorn: Trying to hide the smile that threatens to break across his face.eah,lasuns will do that to you in enouh numer 1ooks around and frowns..ey 6 where#s.ecate?

5t seems someone else has notice the absence of ecate also, as shouting begins toarise from those watching the +rimarchs, and very soon the sound of hundreds ofrunning feet can be heard echoing through the chamber.

Malcador the )igilite mounts the stairs and climbs up to approach the 7M+7 (

MA5/4, his face masked by pure fury.

Macador the .igiite:Where is she?

T3 3M*3R4R 4F MA62+6D!: (aking confusion %not hard&.Where is who?

Macador the .igiite:$hat itch! Where is she? + )now she can turn invisile!Dammit, + told everyone to notta)e their eyes off her!

Roga Dorn:+ndeed" 5he could e anywhere y now" 5he can run pretty fast, you

)now" rmy-wide special rule" lon with oin psycho and )ic)in you ass every threedays out of the month

Macador the .igiite: 1eans closer and tries to look threatening. A tricky thing to pull

off when the guy you're trying to threaten is almost three feet taller than you, and twiceas wide.+#m tryin to resolve this situation peacefuy without you idiotsscrewin itup li)e always! When + find your sister, +#m oin to ki her, hire in some necromancersto raise her, then ki her again

Roga Dorn:eah 6 ood luc) with that

Meanwhile, no more than several hundred metres from where ogal /orn and his

brothers are held captive by angry office workers, ecate hides in the shadows, cloakedby her natural invisibility, as several 8ustodians rush past led by union representatives.

ecate:30ell this was smart girl. Bou're alone, and by the traditional laws of femaleinvisibility %thank you )ue )torm& 5'm also naked, in the middle of a continent-spanningfortress filled with people who aren'ttoo happy with you right now. 0hat the hellam 5going to do nowC6

Asdru7ae 5ect:Appearing right beside her.Aersonally, + heavily recommend endinover for no reason whatsoever

Oriinally Aosted y Da"er 8toughness @ or D doesn't really matter with las guns you still get wounded on a D. now

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decomposin in their soc)ets? )hudders.

Asdru7ae 5ect:What? Don#t li)e dead people?

Angron:+ makedead people" +t#s the creatin process + en9oy, not the end result

5ukan:'ine, then + suest we split up" (orax and + will ta)e the throne room, whileyou and &han ta)e the indoor swimmin pool Turns to the dark eldar.nd you 6 )eepout of troule and try to rape as few people as possile

Asdru7ae 5ect:(rowns.Define #rape#" +s it still considered that if + yell out #surprise#eforehand?

)ilence.

,ora:O&, we#re oin" 1ood luc)

Actually 2 that doesn't really e!plain much at all. 0eren't Angron, 8ora!, han and :ect

heading to 8ommorragh for a holidayC 0here did 8ora! appear fromC 0hat the hell arethey all doing in the palace anywayC 5s this a sign that the arch-enemy of narrative

fiction, the +lot ole, has returned with a vengeanceC Maybe they'll reveal this missingplot line as we move forwards with the story 2

Corax:3/on't count on it6

)crew you.

5ukan:5o this is not what we thin)? 5o it#s not Bect ein 6 Bect?

ecate:/ropping :ect onto the floor, where he twitches with ecstasy %and, you know,

the broken bones and pain and stuff 2&.2ope 6 9ust ta)in out some aression" ou)now """

,ora:'air enouh" 'irst order of priority then is to et you some clothes" + assumeyou slipped out under the cover of your invisiility s)ills?

ecate:What ave it away? $he na)edness? Or have you een readin the last fewchapters so you could catch up on what you missed?

,ora:.aven#t missed much* the plot cauht up with us$ou see* the Dar) (ity#scurrently 6 not so dar)

Asdru7ae 5ect:0rithing on the floor, flood oo$ing from his mouth.$hey fethininstalled slave unions while + was one! $hey#re attac)in us with fair trade areements,appropriate healthcare ills, and free rights for a sentient 7eings!

ecate:orrified.+n ,ommorragh!$hat#s 6 that#s 6

5ukan:Disustinly pleasant, isn#t it? $his )tar Trek-es%ue utopian ideal is spreadinfast, and soon there won#t e any 1:+MD:& left in this universe for us to en9oy" + don#t)now aout you uys, ut + personally en9oyed committin mass enocide without anymoral repercussions" + en9oyed doin all the stuff villains indule themselves with andhave everyone call me the good guy" + don#t want to see all this o

,ora:5o naturally we#re here to ma)e sure all that doesn#t happen, )ic) some ass, )illlots of people, and et away with it

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&rand Master of the 4fficio Assassinorum::eardless" +f you are see)in myexpertise, then they are yours to command" + also have a plan

,ora:+s it cunnin?

&rand Master of the 4fficio Assassinorum:;xtremely

5ukan:+ li)e this man already

ecate:Arofess your love later, 4ames" (an + have some clothes now, pease?!?

What ma)es you thin) A:+M:(.5 has internal consistency? (an#t very well ta)e thepiss out of the officia canon'slac) of such professional storytellin if the parody is

etter at such matters, can we?

On second thouhts """

Oriinally Aosted y donuter1astie has ?===th postBery nice of you"



CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR

"THE GREATEST HORROR IN THE UNIVERSE"

A narratively significant eriod of time ago

5ukan:1eaning forward to peer through the clear liquid titanium porthole %and no,don't ask how that works. 1ike all good sci-fi writers 5'm ust pulling random names outof my ass and attaching them together to form what 5 hope to be a suitably e!otic-

sounding material that can serve instead of a more traditional window&.5o this is theAort of 0ost 5ouls?

Angron:8leaning his a!e %not that it's dirty, but it's something he can do to pass thetime and not be called out as a sissy, unlike his other favourite pastime J knitting&.

Aleasant name" ny particular reason for it?

Asdru7ae 5ect:)liding down the wraithbone banisters leading into the viewing galleryto oin the guests aboard his personal flagship.$he doc)wor)ers here are notoriouslyad at handlin oods and )eep droppin the souls we ive them to store away, hencethe name

Angron:*links.:eally?

Asdru7ae 5ect:Of course not" We 9ust chose it for the clichN melodrama it inspires"#Aort of 0ost 5ouls# my ass, this place is actually )nown as uethalathosothilliano, or#/adly (leaned $eeth# to translate it 7poorly8 into .ih 1othic

5ukan:/ecause all the spi)y uildins everywhere loo) li)e rottin teeth?

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Asdru7ae 5ect:(orrect" 2ever let it e said we eldar don#t have a sense of self-depreciative humour" Well 6 at least we &aalite eldar do" $hose stuc)-up (raftworldnutters, on the other hand """

Angron:We et itF you don#t li)e each other" our display of species solidarity is ainspiration to us all H want a coo)ie?

Asdru7ae 5ect:2o, ut +#d love an eiht-year-old irl

Angron:5orry, fresh out of those on account of me notein a sic) >>>>

Asdru7ae 5ect:)miling to himself, notices something out one of the viewing ports..ello, that wasn#t there the last time

5ukan:What? $he iant #W; 0OB; OE B;($! posters hun up everywhere? +thouht that was the standard dar) eldar method of reetin one#s leader

Asdru7ae 5ect:2o, they usually read #W.O W2$5 $O 121-:A; B;($#?, or #B;($,

+ W2$ OE: /O:$+O2!#" $his is definiteynot a ood sin

5ukan:es, they actually want to rid the universe of a possile se%uel to that od-awful oo) of yours

Asdru7ae 5ect:+#ll have you )now that my oo) has helped illions see) success inthe arena of love 6 consensual or otherwise 6 mostly non-consensual 6 and illeal on somany different worlds 6 except here

Angron:Does this place actually have any laws?

Asdru7ae 5ect:es +ulls out a splinter pistol and begins e!changing the ammo for

something more 2 potent.Don#t >>>> with the Bect

The ship slowly arrives in dock, the giant clamps lowering in place to hold the elegantvessel safe until such time as it desires to leave %which may be sooner than the

occupants believe&. The boarding ramp e!tends slowly from its semi-sentient liquidadamantium cradle %watch me make up materials again for our eldar chums4& to connectflawlessly with the airlock of the craft.

Automated Docking .ystem:Doc)in procedures complete" Welcome to (ommorrahH (ity of a $housand Aleasures 7nd More of an +lleal 2ature!8" Alease rememer tota)e all personal elonins with you out of the craft, as any unattended as or smallchildren will e considered the property of the nearest &aal lords" ;n9oy your stay, and

rememer H here at (ommorrrah we value your personal desires aove the welfare ofother eins!

5ukan:7ntering the access codes on the airlock %:ect had told him earlier, after aparticularly drunk session of monopoly&./e on your uard fol)s* the Dar) (ity#s a rouhplace normally, ut + have a feelin this time will e a little different

,ora:)harpening his lightning claws against each other, the crackling power fieldproducing pretty-looking sparks. ut feelin?

0aghatai 2han:Kpenetrating ga$eL

5ukan:1ooking at both of them.2o* + chec)ed out the script in advance They raisetheir eyebrows in disbelief.ll riht H 9ust )iddin" + reconise the latant sins" + dorowse tvtropes"or occasionally in my spare time

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The airlock cycles, and they step through into the welcoming lounge of the +ort of 1ost

)ouls %well, one of them anyway. The palace is like eathrow Airport, only less deadly&.The +rimarchs step through in trained military fashion %i.e. stumbling over each other,making lots of accusations against each other, and generally making Asdrubael :ect andhis 5ncubi guard face-palm&.

Asdru7ae 5ect:#esturing at the +rimarchs.0adies and entlemen* may + present toyou the human ;mperor#s finest

+ncu7i A:$he lac) one#s cute* +#ll >>>> him later

5ukan:1ooking back over his shoulder.ou etter e a irl when you ta)e off thatarmour, or +#ll 6 oh foret it" ou#ll proaly en9oy that too

,ora:.old up H someone#s approachin!

They ready their weapons and take aim as the long shadow of someone approaching the

corner lengthens. The suspense builds, the music grows louder, and the shadow revealsitself to belong to 2 Lion !l'jonsonC4C

/ion 3'(onson:aising one hand in greeting.&onichi wa

5ukan:0ion? What the hell are youdoin here?

A short brunette in a garish pink outfit walks out to grasp 1ion's hand affectionately.

Aeris;Aerith;DF&:1reetins Arimarchs" + didn#t except to meet with you aain sosoon

,ora:.oly crap in a hand as)et it#s you!What the hell are you doin here, and whydoes 0ion have that stupid rin on his face? 8omprehension dawns.Oh dear +mperial$ruth 6 you#re in o"e?!?

/ion 3'(onson:5he has shown me the way" Our love with rin peace and 9oy to thisuniverse" We have already spread our happiness to the citi3ens of this city, and theyhave welcomed us with open arms and open hearts

Asdru7ae 5ect:Actually horrified, for the first time in his life.Oh dear ods, whathave you done?

The sound of hundreds of feet walking towards them becomes apparent, and soon faces

start appearing along the balconies overlooking the lounge. 7ldar, human, orks J theslaves and their former masters stand side-by-side. All looking down on our main

characters will oyful smiles on their faces.

Asdru7ae 5ect:What have you done to my city?!?

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5n a flash 1ion 7l'onson stands between AerisAerith/(# and :ect, the 1ion )word out

and ready to inflict some punishment.

5ukan:/rother! (an you not see? 5he has linded you with her lies!

/ion 3'(onson:Throwing :ect across the lounge.2o! My eyes are open! + have eenfreed from my father#s false truths! $here can e peace! $here can e respite! $heredoesn#t have to e war!

5ukan:/ut 6 that#s 9ust 7oring!

/ion 3'(onson:+ will install peace in this universe throuh the teachins of mydearest, and when + do so + will turn this franchise into one acceptale for the 2intendoWii! We will ecome family-friendly, and the profits we ma)e shall e hue!

,ora:$his is ad, rea ad

/ion 3'(onson:+oints his sword at his brothers.Enleash our reatest weapon! :eleasethe (ute 'luffy &ittens!

5ukan:64!2O$ $.; &+$$;25!



CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIVE

"NAKED IMPERIUM""resent #ay $or %hat asses for it in the "R&ARC()-verse any%ay*

ecate )quee$ing herself into a skin-tight %and incredibly revealing& suit of Terminatorarmour %yeah, 5 know this makes no sense. 8onsider if the designer of female warcasterarmour in the world of 0armachine met up with a 0arcraft blacksmith in a pub and thetwo of them got completely smashed and had a threesome with a techpriest. Afterwards,

in the post-Ndid-we-ust-do-what-5-think-we-didO glow, they sat down together anddesigned 2 this&.5o you uys ot arse-raped y the Enion?

Asdru7ae 5ect: Tuning his agoniser from Ne!cruciating painO to Nwatching daytime T:O.

/asically, yes, ut without the pleasure, none of the pain, and all of the humiliationafterwards" We tried to fiht, ut those damn )ittens were 9ust too cute

ecateTurning on the in-built targeters.5o what happened? .ow did you escape?

Asdru7ae 5ect: +oints at the fur cloak draped around his shoulders.One-hundred-percent real )itten fur, and one-hundred-percent still aliveAs if to prove what he ustsaid true, the cloak lets off a series of painful meows.

ack in the past= in ,ommorragh >

The prison cells of 8ommorragh are surprisingly spacious and comfortable compared to

their 5mperial equivalents. 0hile the 5mperium believes the confines of a prison shouldbe the punishment, the dark eldar know that the location of the prison cells is the

actual punishment, so why bother making the prison cell harshC *esides, comfy chairs

and air conditioning only make matters worse when you realise youOre in the #ar+ City,and thereOs about several billion dark eldar outside who will only be too happy to inflict

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gross physical violations upon you.

5ukan: )itting back and putting his feet up on the complementary coffee table.Wellloo) at it this way H it could e worse" t least wePve een captured y evil pacifists thistime

Angron:)moking a bloodletter %twice the high with none of the lung cancer4&.WherePs:ichard :ahl when you need him?

0aghatai 2han:Kpenetrating ga$eL

5ukan:+ thin) we should do somethin aout Bect thouh e stares at the corner ofthe room, where :ect huddles in a foetus position.

Asdru7ae 5ect:ocking back and forth.(anPt sleep, )ittens will cuddle me" (anPtsleep, )ittens will cuddle me" (anPt sleep 6

5ukan:We canPt leave here without him* Bect )nows this city li)e the ac) of his

hand" We need to et to the +mperial Aalace %uic)ly, and we canPt et out %uic)ly if wehave to fiht throuh millions of anry pacifistic union wor)ers )ees AngronOse!pression.nd itPs not ood to )ill them, nron

Angron:ou lac) moral clarity, 4ames

5ukan:nd could people stopcallin me 4ames? My mothernever called me 4ames

0aghatai 2han: Kpenetrating ga$eL

5ukan:nd you can shut up too +unches the wall in frustration, leaving a large holethrough which 1elith espera!Os surprised face can be seen.

/eith espera:Do you mind? + was on the toilet there!

Angron:Oh reat* toilet humour in A:+M:(.5" We have hit roc) ottom haven#t we?

5ukan:2ot if + have anythin to say aout it #lances through the hole in the wallagain.nyway, what are you doin loc)ed up li)e us?

/eith espera:Adusting the frighteningly modest clothes she's wearing %alsofeaturing a horrifying amount of pink&.+ made comment aout the Enion#s #ModestyAreservation 0aws to Arotect the +nnocence of Our 'amilies#" $hey were as)in usladiators to wear 6 well- )he gestures at what she's currently wearing.5o + replied

with somethin similar to #over my dead ody#, only a lot more harsh and featurinwords my husand would roll over in his rave if he )new + had uttered 6 if he had arave 6 althouh it#s hard to tell where Daemon Arinces stand with the wholemortality=death issue 6 so they loc)ed me up here after forcin me to wear what they#reimplementin as this year#s tournament ar

5ukan:+t#s hideous

1elith nods in agreement.

Angron:Modesty Areservation 6 for +nnocent 'amilies? +n my universe? )tands still inshock for several moments, then suddenly snaps and begins hurling himself at the walls

of the cell.0et me out! + need to plune this alaxy ac) into endless war! +t#s for yourown oods! ou#ll never row stron and adass without conflict! ou#ll only end up wea)and 6 i7era!

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5ukan:1uess we now )now who nron votes for """ PAuthor's ote" bviously notthe 1ord of 8hange currently in the 0hite ouseQ

Asdru7ae 5ect:)till rocking back and forth.(ant sleep* )ittens will cuddle me" (an#tsleep-

0aghatai 2han:)triding over to slap :ect around the face.uiet man! 5top your pitifulwhimperin and listen to me! ou are sdruael Bect, 5upreme 0ord of the &aal of the/lac) .eart! our word is reater in power than a thousand of the ;mperor#s $itans! ousay #war# and alaxies crumle eneath the miht of your people! ou say #peace#, andmillions lament for it will e yourpeace" s your people descend from the s)ies to )illand enslave they do so not for lory or power, ut ecause they can" $rue power needsno 9ustification, no reason, only to exist" ou wield true power, my friend" Aower over lifeand death" 2ow rise H rise up and claim that power once more!

Asdru7ae 5ect:/oesn't say anything for several moments, then looks up at 9aghataihan and smiles.Do you always save your words for inspirin speeches? +s that what

you do?

0aghatai 2han:Kpenetrat- 2Les

Asdru7ae 5ect:)tands to his feet.$han) you for that" + feel much etter" +n the faceof supposed despair, it#s always ood to e reminded that you can still )ic) ass despitecomin from a #dex that hasn#t een updated in a decade

Angron:+#m happy for you, really e's not./ut how the hell do + rea) these wallsdown? .ow comes Bul)an can punch a hole throuh the wall into the cell next door ut+#ve een ashin my head on the door and nothin has happened?

Asdru7ae 5ect:$he walls etween the cells are normal ferrocrete" $he walls etweenthe cells and the outside prison complex, however, are mere ferrocrete layer over purenarrativium" We fiured it wasn#t worth the effort to ma)e travel 7etween cellsimpossile, as we often imprison from many different species who will never et aloneven with a common enemy in siht

Angron:2arrativium? +#ve never heard of it

Asdru7ae 5ect:ou wouldn#t have" +t#s somethin only possile in the Warp, wherethe laws of realities mix and crumle" $he weway, y its nature, is an extension of theWarp, so narrativium may e formed without 6 unpleasant side-effects" We imported thedesin specifications from the Discworld millennia ao """

Angron:+t#s loody hard

Asdru7ae 5ect:+t#s narratively impossile to rea)

5ukan:5o how do we et out?

Asdru7ae 5ect:0alks to the door and holds his hand up against it.0uc)ily all thedoors in this place have a psychic #cheat code# emedded within them to react to mypsychic sinature" + wouldn#t ma)e a city without me havin the ac)-)eys toeverythin, would +?

As he speaks the door swings wide open without a sound.

5ukan:$hat#s handy" Do all doors open that easily to you?

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Asdru7ae 5ect:#rins mischievously.ll of them

5ukan:+auses for a moment, then shudders.+ shouldn#t have as)ed that e follows:ect out, in turn followed by a rather irate Angron and a calm 9aghatai han.

5n the corridor outside :ect is quickly opening all the doors he can find. :arious scum of8ommorragh run into the prison, slaughtering newly-pacifistic guards left right andcentre. 5n the midst of the carnage :ect, the +rimarchs, and 1elith espera! meet up.

Asdru7ae 5ect:$his is fun! + haven#t slauhtered this many defenceless people since +ot invited to that 1alactic Aeace convention some years ac)!

,ora:Who the hell would invite you to somethin li)e that?

5ukan:(orax! Where the hell did you appear from?

,ora:+ made the mista)e of thin)in + could chane my rother#s mind after seein

his roadcast standin next to that itch of a irlfriend" + ot stuc) in here when thatplan sun)" 5o """ 1ooks around.$his a rea)-out?

Fast-for%ard to the resent:

5ukan:8hecking his combi-multi-meltagun.nd that#s how we ot here

ecate:+ausing between checking her own weapons.+ et the feelin you#re missin alare chun) of story out """

5ukan:(eigning innocence.:eally? What ives you that impression?

ecate:fter the affair with the Alot .ole and its nefarious attempts to devour ouruniverse in an ory of adly-written /lac) 0irary pulp fiction 6 which is happeninanyway ut that#s eside the point 6 + too) some lesson on #.ow 6ot$o Write (ohesive'iction#, and rother you 9ust tic)ed all the oxes" .ow did you et from the(ommorrah prison complex to here, inside one of the most heavily fortified fortressesin the )nown alaxy?

,ora:$he power of narrative, sister" $he Alot needed us to e here in order for it tomove forward, and hence we travelled here with the minimum of fuss

5ukan:2ot countin the side-trip to 2octurne to pic) up my stash of 6 somewhatilleally confiscated dMech weaponry """

ecate:aises an eyebrow.ou#ve een hoardin deptus Mechanicus weaponry?

5ukan:.ell yeah" $hey et cooler stuff than we do H us! .pace Marines!Where#s the9ustice in that?

&rand Master of the 4fficio Assassinorum:Appearing from nowhere.Oh woe etidethe fact that anymilitary oranisation in the +mperium ets etter ear than youenetically enineered frea)-shows" +f you#re still interested in savin this empire, thenyou miht e interested to )now that my people are in place and ready for you to ivethe order to execute operation #5ave $racy#s /ac)side 7ain8#

5ukan:1ooking at his siblings.0oc) and load* we#re oin up aainst our hardestchallene yet H office cerks

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There's an uncomfortable silence.

5ukan:eah 6 that really doesn#t sound particularly dramatic, does it?



CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIX

"THE GREAT DEBATE"

To the victory, the spoils. r something like that anyway. Throughout the course of

uman history wars have been fought for many reasons; from money, land, resources,religion, because-you-haven't-had-a-decent-war-for-ages-and-that-small-country-ne!t-door-looks-like-a-pushover. Bou name it, we as a species will think up a reason to killlots of people for it. 5n the 'nightmare' future of the forty-first millennium war is

generally fought because people can't learn to share the last ammy dodger and the onlybiscuits left are those damn rich tea variety that taste like cardboard left in the sun allday.

To be honest no one is e!actly sure why Magnus the ed decided to get off his la$y arse,put down the /R/ books, and invade a planet, let alone (enris. There's an atmosphere

of hope that sooner or later he would provide an e!pository speech and all will berevealed. f course, this being +5MA8) there probably isn't a reason, and the author

ust decided to indulge in some good old-fashioned character derailment ust to get aplot moving. After all, if it works for the *lack 1ibrary 2

)peaking of which, we now return our attention to that small water-covered rock of

icebergs and migrating :ikings, where a great fortress has fallen in battle thanks todastardly and downright cheatingstrategies. As the captured and defeated )pace

0olves are lined up before the victorious leaders of the Thousand )ons legion, Magnusthe ed sei$es the opportunity to at last settle and age-old wrong between the two

legions"

Magnus the Red: )tanding triumphantly in a pose that he hopes makes him looksuperior. 5n reality it makes him look like smug wargamer who ust managed to pull offfour si!es in a row and is now boasting that it places him higher on the list of socialworth than people who feed starving kids in Africa.4ean-0uc Aicard isthe superiorcaptain of the 7nterprise" ou cannot deny this fact now 0eman! +oints dramatically atthe kneeling +rimarch.

/eman Russ:)ighing, having heard it all before a thousand times.What the hell haveyou een ta)in laddie? 4im &ir) is oviously the winner* he could )ic) that half-'renchtwit any day of the wee)!

/ogan &rimnar:)taring at the both of them in disbelief from where he kneels besidehis lord.Alease tell me this isn#t all 9ust aout which )tar Trekcaptain is yourfavourite?

Magnus the Red:)pins upon one foot to face the captured 0olf 1ord.re youtrivialisin such an importantmatter? $his %uestion is part of the very lifelood of all$re))ies! $he foundation upon which all ee) deates are founded! $his %uestion is 6important!

/ogan &rimnar:/ut it#s a pointless %uestion! /esides 6 5is)o is 7atantythe more

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adass captain

Magnus the Red:Aghast..eretic!

/ogan &rimnar:2ow there'san ironic statement " ""

(orn the Fe-handed:8hained to the wall.+ elieve we#re missin the elephant inthe room, so to spea)" + refer, of course, to whywe#ve een attac)ed, howwe lost, andwheredo we o from here?

/eman Russ:ye" $he tin can spea)s some sense 7for once8! ou used T1eentch, forcryin out loud! + thouht we areed aes ao no god-ike girfriends!$hey#recheatingManus, you cheated! + admit dustin off those terminator suits with thecyclone missile launchers and assault cannons for my Wolf 1uard was a little 6 unfair 6ut + didn#t cheat!+ may e playin an earlier edition ut +#m sti paying 7y therues! ou cheated!

Magnus the Red:es + cheated! + did thin) aout attle plans, aout multiple ways to

assault this imprenale fortress, ut you )now what? + honestly tried, ut in the end +called up $" ou )now why? /ecause if we had fouht normally, if we had waed an epic,chapter-spannin siee that had explosions, death, sacrifice, and all that crap" +f we haddone that there would have een character de"eopment$ We would have tal)ed* youand + etween sword lows li)e some crappy shonen mana" We miht have come to anunderstandin* sorted out our differences, estalished a new sense of a relationshipased on loical proression from what we had efore" ou )now what? + honestlycoudn't 7e arsed with all that" 5o + called in $" 5he )ic)ed your ass so + wouldn#t haveto suffer throuh the multiple chapters that otherwise would needed to have eendedicated to it

/eman Russ:Wait 6 you cheated ecause you were too a1yto do it normally?

Magnus the Red:2o, + didn#t want to loo) into those puppy-do eyes of yours andsecond-uess my own actions" ;very time efore when +#ve attempted to )ic) your assyou say somethin, do somethin, then we all fall aout lauhin and it#s ac) to einthose rothers who 'reay'love each other 9ust don#t li)e everyone else to )now

(orn the Fe-handed:/ut we )now anyway

Magnus the Red:Oh %uiet! +#ve won* you#ve lost" 4ust accept it so we can et to thenext partF pulicly ac)nowledin your heinous acts aainst psy)ers throuhout theuniverse!

There's another uncomfortable silence.

/eman Russ:(ome aain?

Magnus the Red:+#ve heard the talesF huntin down psy)ers and ma)in them watch*ritain's #ot Talenton repeat for hours on end! Aunishin my people ecause of yourridiculous superstitions! +t sickensme 0eman, and in the name of my )ind +#m here torin you to 9ustice!

/eman Russ:Thinks for a moment.+ don#t rememer doin any of that

Magnus the Red:ou lie!

Ahriman:2o he#s tellin the truth

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Magnus the Red:.ow can you e sure?

Ahriman:+#m psychic

Another uncomfortable silence.

Magnus the Red:h 6 of course 1ooks down at 1eman uss./ut + was informed yincredily reliale sources!

Ahriman:2ow you mention it, my ex-lord, 9ust who areyour #sources#?

Magnus the Red:5ome shifty-loo)in uy in red power armour, his face oscured y acloa)" t first + thouht he was a /lood nel who hadn#t cleaned his armour for aes,ut then + cauht a loo) at his chapter ade and it wasn#t any + reconised

/eman Russ:What did it loo) li)e?

Magnus the Red: iant ird at the wron time of the month" uite disturin

Ahriman:Wait a moment 6 +#m havin horrile flashac)s to when + uest-starred in a( 5 1oto oo) """ is face is horrified./lood :avens!

/eman Russ:$hose snea)y possile-traitor-related astards set you up Manus! /utwhy? What ood does it do for them to have us at each other#s throats?

T1eentch:aving ust finished washing her hair walks into the scene..ave you uysheard aout $erra ein esieed y disruntled office staff?

/eman Russ:5n deep thought 2 well, as deep as 1eman's thoughts can get, which is tosay not much deeper than the shallow end at your local pre-school pool.+t could e

coincidence 6 ut 9ust when $erra faces it#s reatest crisis those who have the powerover such a foe are occupied with their ae-old enemy!

Ahriman:*links in confusion.ou have power over office staff? What type of lameastartes power is that?

T1eentch:+ thouht the Eltramarines were supposed to e the ones verae 4oe andhis wife vote for at the annual startes Aopularity contest?

/eman Russ:What? $hat i lue astard and his lue astard )in? 2ah H who savedthe citi3ens of rmaeddon from nasty concentration camp death after nron had hisway with the planet?

/ogan &rimnar:h, my lord? We didn#t save them

/eman Russ:ye, ut we filed several stronly-worded letters of complaint! Thatshowed them didn#t it?

/ogan &rimnar:ods in agreement, mainly out of despair.ye, my lord

Magnus the Red:8ollapsing to his knees.+#ve een played! /y a mere fourth-ratechapter at that! .ow can + are to show my face aain?

T1eentch:8onsolingly pats him on the shoulder.$here, there darlin" +t#ll e O&0itha flick of the wrist she shunts him into a pocket dimension.ou can anst in there forthe time ein

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Ahriman:$hat was rather harsh wasn#t it?

T1eentch:.e#ll et over it, otherwise he won#t e ettin any for the rest of eternity)he snaps her fingers and the magical binds around the )pace 0olves dissipate.+tappears someone wants to play ames with the +mperium" + elieve that someone needsto e educated in whoplays the ames around here)he grins evilly.What say you

0eman?

/eman Russ:+ have a horrile feelin +#m only lettin myself et suc)ered into yetanother #9ust as planned# reveal at the end of this affair 6 ut if it means + et to save.orus# ass then count me in!



CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN"AND YOU THOUGHT BUS TRAVEL WAS DULL ..."

5n the grim darkness of the far future, there is only 2 waiting. o seriously. 0ith the

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that ets in the way of ood 6 days-lon 6 sex

Mephiston:)tares around at the bridge crew subtly listening in to their conversation.+want the record to stand that + hate you all and wish you psychic syphilis e ignorestheir laughter.Well 6 +#m sorry +#m a disappointment you $al" +#ll thin) of somethin 6li)e transcend into a pure psychic entity """

Macha:+opping herself down beside Taldeer.+ did that once 6 in a ( 5 1oto oo)" 2otsure how that wor)s )he frowns.+t#s a it confusin ein involved with conflictincontinuities, ut + wouldn#t want to do that aain" $he plot holes involved too) wee)s tocome out, and they hurt li)e a itch on the way

Tadeer:$han) you Mach for that charmin mental imaery" nythin else you want toadmit? 0i)e your lon-standin infatuation with the .uman (orpse-1od?Mephistonclears his throat loudly.+#m sorry dear, + foret you find that culturally insensitive

Macha:Trying to wave away a severe hot flush.+ do not 6 + never 6 + wouldn#t thinkof 6 that#s a ad, ad +nternet meme! + don#t )now who started it, ut the thins +

intend to do when + eventually find them """

Tadeer:/ore them to death with tales of your continuin millennia-lon celiacycampain?

Macha:+ 6 that was mean$al! $hat was mean! Meaner than you tellin everyone atthe last 5eer#s council aout my extensive wraithone virator collection """ ealiseswhat she ust said and claps her hands to her mouth in shock.

,aptain:bserving his strange guests from where he stands monitoring the glyphdisplays.Alease don#t stop" We#ve still ot another five days estimated travel time to'enrillarimanaliam

Mephiston:$o where?

Tadeer:$hat#s the eldar name for 'enris" +t means #i smelly do-filled water hole#

Mephiston:+ didn#t thin) it was oin to e anythin pleasant" re you e"ercomplimentary to anyone not eldar?

)ilence.

Mephiston:5tupid %uestion, + realise """

Tadeer:lmost as silly as when you as)ed why we have such riht colours for ouraspect warriors" $hat from someone who wears riht red armour and rides into attleon riht red tan)s

Mephiston:Do not insult our chapter colours

Tadeer:Do not insult our aspect colours

Mephiston:$ouchN

0ithout warning the ship rocks violently, spilling the three to the ground.

Tadeer:+icking herself up.(aptain! What#s happenin?

,aptain:We#ve encountered a lare presence within the Warp and are movin to avoid

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encounterin it" $his may cause some completely unnecessary dramatic action onlyecause we need to low a certain amount of this chapter#s udet on somethingotherthan your endless drivel of a conversation

Tadeer:+ resent that- )he frowns, then gasps.+ sense a lare numer of psy)ersout there" $heir souls are shinin to me li)e a ad talent show advertisement

,aptain:Daemons?

Mephiston:2o" $heir minds are familiar is eyes widen.5pace Marines! (aptain,they are space marines! .undreds of space marine psy)ers!

Tadeer:Drop us out of the Warp now!

,aptain:s ordered, my lady #estures with a single hand, and the crew follow hisorders flawlessly.

The space outside distorts and returns to the familial black with frequent white spots.

,aptain:)tudying the charts before him..mm 6 this is interestin" + dout this is ychance, my lady, ut y some mysterious fortune we seem to have left space near the)nown position of the craftworld Otosc

Mephiston:+sn#t that-?

Tadeer:2ever mind" (aptain* estalish communications with the craftworld andre%uest that we ma)e use of their Weway facilities immediately" ;ldrad needs to )nowof this space marine psy)er army as soon as possile

Mephiston:ssumin he doesn#t already )now """

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+ fear + may have found him in the form of the /lood :avens

Mephiston:What do those prime-chapter-spot wannaies want?

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