This is a transcript of the narrative entries for a Warhammer 40k Crusade Campaign that was run in April of 2019
Trovax VI is an Imperial Forge World that lies in the Northern reaches of the Nephilim Sector and borders both the Cicatrix Maledictum and the Western edges of Tau space. Once a major point of trade in the region, the opening of the new warp rifts has restricted access to the forges to all but the bravest of traders and Imperial fleets. Decades ago an Ork Rok fell on the planet, starting a war that has burned away large swaths of what was left of the greenery on the surface, and severely depleting the resources of the Mechanicum forge complexes, but that is only the start of the troubles. When the warp started to ravage the sector and travel became more difficult, the Magos in charge of Trovax VI discovered an artifact of great power that had seemingly crashed down during a particularly savage storm. The Magos started to experiment with the artifact and found that it contained massive amounts of relatively stable warp energy that could be harnessed and used by the forge complexes, possibly enough to turn the tide of the war with the Orks, and with enough left over to bolster the fleets and expand the capabilities of the manufactorums. The Magos has linked the artifact with the main reactors controlling most of the forge complexes on the planet, and removing it without the proper rites may very well lead to the destruction of the planet itself. (edited)
Having caught wind of this discovery, the Imperium sent word to nearby Inquisitors to investigate the claims and judge whether the Magos has turned to heretical research. The results were split. One of the Inquisitors, an Ordo Malleus purist, claims that the artifact is a corrupt device that must be destroyed along with those who have encountered it, while the Ordo Xenos Inquisitor has claimed that it can be used by the Imperium to better fortify their ships against the punishing storms that split the sectors. Both Inquisitors have sent out messages to armies they believe will be sympathetic to their causes, leading some commanders to be at odds with their Imperial brethren. As the signals were sent, however, the astropaths were overwhelmed with visions of slaughter and ruin and their messages were broadcast far wider than intended, lighting a beacon that none in the sector would be unaware of. Now the forces of numerous races and creeds turn their eyes upon Trovax VI and the prize to be found there.
Trovax VI is an Imperial Forge World that lies in the Northern reaches of the Nephilim Sector and borders both the Cicatrix Maledictum and the Western edges of Tau space. Once a major point of trade in the region, the opening of the new warp rifts has restricted access to the forges to all but the bravest of traders and Imperial fleets. Decades ago an Ork Rok fell on the planet, starting a war that has burned away large swaths of what was left of the greenery on the surface, and severely depleting the resources of the Mechanicum forge complexes, but that is only the start of the troubles. When the warp started to ravage the sector and travel became more difficult, the Magos in charge of Trovax VI discovered an artifact of great power that had seemingly crashed down during a particularly savage storm. The Magos started to experiment with the artifact and found that it contained massive amounts of relatively stable warp energy that could be harnessed and used by the forge complexes, possibly enough to turn the tide of the war with the Orks, and with enough left over to bolster the fleets and expand the capabilities of the manufactorums. The Magos has linked the artifact with the main reactors controlling most of the forge complexes on the planet, and removing it without the proper rites may very well lead to the destruction of the planet itself. (edited)
Having caught wind of this discovery, the Imperium sent word to nearby Inquisitors to investigate the claims and judge whether the Magos has turned to heretical research. The results were split. One of the Inquisitors, an Ordo Malleus purist, claims that the artifact is a corrupt device that must be destroyed along with those who have encountered it, while the Ordo Xenos Inquisitor has claimed that it can be used by the Imperium to better fortify their ships against the punishing storms that split the sectors. Both Inquisitors have sent out messages to armies they believe will be sympathetic to their causes, leading some commanders to be at odds with their Imperial brethren. As the signals were sent, however, the astropaths were overwhelmed with visions of slaughter and ruin and their messages were broadcast far wider than intended, lighting a beacon that none in the sector would be unaware of. Now the forces of numerous races and creeds turn their eyes upon Trovax VI and the prize to be found there.
PRIORITY COMMUNICAE BROADCAST TO ALL FORCES APPROACHING TROVAX VI
MESSAGE BROADCAST STATION: XJRT56
TARGET: MASS BROADCAST
ATTENTION, THIS IS ARCHMAGOS TYBALT CROMWELL OF TROVAX VI ORDERING ALL INCOMING FORCES TO REVERSE COURSE AND LEAVE THIS SYSTEM. TROVAX VI IS UNDER QUARANTINE BY ORDER OF IMPERIAL EDICT 6390204-JX-5 AND ALL SHIPS APPROACHING WILL BE CONSIDERED HOSTILE AND AUTOMATED DEFENSIVE MEASURES WILL BE ENACTED.
OUR SENSORS HAVE DETECTED NUMEROUS SIGNATURES APPROACHING THAT MATCH DATALOGS OF PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS OF SEVERAL XENOS SPECIES AND TRAITOR LEGION BATTLE BARGES. IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT ANY MILITARY ACTIONS MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN ORBIT AND NOT ON THE PLANET’S SURFACE. AN EXISTING PRESENCE OF ORKS HAVE TAKEN RESIDENCE IN THE BADLANDS BEYOND OUR MANUFACTORUM AND ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING A FULL WAAAGH IF DISTURBED.
I REPEAT: DO NOT LAND ON THE PLANET. THE FATE OF THIS SYSTEM DEPENDS ON YOUR CHOICES HERE.
OMNISSIAH BE PRAISED IN THEIR WATCHFUL MERCY
MESSAGE BROADCAST STATION: XJRT56
TARGET: MASS BROADCAST
ATTENTION, THIS IS ARCHMAGOS TYBALT CROMWELL OF TROVAX VI ORDERING ALL INCOMING FORCES TO REVERSE COURSE AND LEAVE THIS SYSTEM. TROVAX VI IS UNDER QUARANTINE BY ORDER OF IMPERIAL EDICT 6390204-JX-5 AND ALL SHIPS APPROACHING WILL BE CONSIDERED HOSTILE AND AUTOMATED DEFENSIVE MEASURES WILL BE ENACTED.
OUR SENSORS HAVE DETECTED NUMEROUS SIGNATURES APPROACHING THAT MATCH DATALOGS OF PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS OF SEVERAL XENOS SPECIES AND TRAITOR LEGION BATTLE BARGES. IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT ANY MILITARY ACTIONS MUST BE UNDERTAKEN IN ORBIT AND NOT ON THE PLANET’S SURFACE. AN EXISTING PRESENCE OF ORKS HAVE TAKEN RESIDENCE IN THE BADLANDS BEYOND OUR MANUFACTORUM AND ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING A FULL WAAAGH IF DISTURBED.
I REPEAT: DO NOT LAND ON THE PLANET. THE FATE OF THIS SYSTEM DEPENDS ON YOUR CHOICES HERE.
OMNISSIAH BE PRAISED IN THEIR WATCHFUL MERCY
** COMMUNICAE INTERCEPTED AND TRANSCRIBED BY RELAY SERVITOR N745983750385 BY ORDER OF REDACTED **
PARTICIPANTS IN CONVERSATION ARE CONFIRMED AS ARCHMAGOS TYBALT CROMWELL AND A LESSER TECHPRIEST DOMINUS DESIGNATED ‘CEPHILE’. TRANSCRIPT BELOW
CEPHILE: LORD, THE LONG-RANGE SCANNERS HAVE DETECTED MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES IN THE WARP.
CROMWELL: HAVE THE ORBITAL DEFENSES BEEN PRIMED AND READY?
CEPHILE: IT SEEMS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAMPERED WITH, POSSIBLY THAT INQUISITOR THAT WAS INVESTIGATING A FEW CYCLES AGO. THE MACHINE SPIRITS ARE ENRAGED AND REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SUPPLICATIONS.
CROMWELL: SEND A CODED MESSAGE TO THE KNIGHTS OF EXITUS, THEY SHALL FULFILL THEIR DUTY. TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE TO SEE THAT NONE OF THESE INVADERS MAKE IT TO THE LABORATORY.
CEPHILE: OUR CALCULATIONS SHOW THAT THE INVADERS WILL MAKE LANDFALL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW ROTATIONS, SOME HAVE SENT FORWARD SCOUTS THAT ARE RUMORED TO ALREADY BE AMONGST THE POPULACE. OUR WATCHTOWERS IN THE BADLANDS HAVE ALSO GONE SILENT, IT SEEMS THE ORKS ARE MOBILIZING.
CROMWELL: IT MATTERS NOT. ALL WHO FACE US SHALL KNOW THE GLORY OF THE OMNISSIAH WHEN WE UNLOCK THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THIS DEVICE. PREPARATIONS ARE UNDER WAY AND THERE IS NOTHING THEIR PETTY GREED AND FEAR CAN DO TO STOP IT NOW. DEPLOY THE LEGION, TAKE UP DEFENSIVE POSITIONS, AND REMIND THESE FOOLS WHAT OPPOSING OUR GLORIOUS CAUSE WILL COST THEM.
COMMUNICAE END
PARTICIPANTS IN CONVERSATION ARE CONFIRMED AS ARCHMAGOS TYBALT CROMWELL AND A LESSER TECHPRIEST DOMINUS DESIGNATED ‘CEPHILE’. TRANSCRIPT BELOW
CEPHILE: LORD, THE LONG-RANGE SCANNERS HAVE DETECTED MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES IN THE WARP.
CROMWELL: HAVE THE ORBITAL DEFENSES BEEN PRIMED AND READY?
CEPHILE: IT SEEMS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAMPERED WITH, POSSIBLY THAT INQUISITOR THAT WAS INVESTIGATING A FEW CYCLES AGO. THE MACHINE SPIRITS ARE ENRAGED AND REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR SUPPLICATIONS.
CROMWELL: SEND A CODED MESSAGE TO THE KNIGHTS OF EXITUS, THEY SHALL FULFILL THEIR DUTY. TELL THEM THAT THEY ARE TO SEE THAT NONE OF THESE INVADERS MAKE IT TO THE LABORATORY.
CEPHILE: OUR CALCULATIONS SHOW THAT THE INVADERS WILL MAKE LANDFALL WITHIN THE NEXT FEW ROTATIONS, SOME HAVE SENT FORWARD SCOUTS THAT ARE RUMORED TO ALREADY BE AMONGST THE POPULACE. OUR WATCHTOWERS IN THE BADLANDS HAVE ALSO GONE SILENT, IT SEEMS THE ORKS ARE MOBILIZING.
CROMWELL: IT MATTERS NOT. ALL WHO FACE US SHALL KNOW THE GLORY OF THE OMNISSIAH WHEN WE UNLOCK THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THIS DEVICE. PREPARATIONS ARE UNDER WAY AND THERE IS NOTHING THEIR PETTY GREED AND FEAR CAN DO TO STOP IT NOW. DEPLOY THE LEGION, TAKE UP DEFENSIVE POSITIONS, AND REMIND THESE FOOLS WHAT OPPOSING OUR GLORIOUS CAUSE WILL COST THEM.
COMMUNICAE END
DATA LOG 234597634124-DL-OFNW4636 SENT BY DEEP SPACE PROBE "LENS OF TRUTH"
DATE: 047.M42 - LOCAL TIME ADJUSTED FOR WARP STORM INTERFERENCE
SENSOR DATA COLLECTED IN RECENT SCANS INDICATES MULTIPLE INCOMING FLEETS HAVE DIVERTED COURSE AND WILL LAND ON NEARBY PLANETS AND ASTEROID CLUSTERS RATHER THAN MAKE PLANETFALL AS INITIALLY PREDICTED. THREAT FROM THESE FORCES IS STILL BEING DETERMINED BUT THE LINGERING ENEMY MAY POSE A HIGHER DANGER. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS FLUCTUATIONS IN THE ENCROACHING WARP STORMS THAT ARE CASUING THE SENSOR DATA TO BE UNRELIABLE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ASCERTAIN SPECIFIC NUMBER AND FORCE SIZES, BUT ESTIMATES PLACE THE NUMBER OF INCOMING SHIPS TO INCLUDE OVER A DOZEN INDIVIDUAL ARMIES.
RELAY ALL INFORMATION TO THE DATASMITHS FOR PARSING AND LOGGING, INFORM THE ARCHMAGOS OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, PRAY TO THE MACHINE ON HIGH FOR OUR SAFETY.
DATE: 047.M42 - LOCAL TIME ADJUSTED FOR WARP STORM INTERFERENCE
SENSOR DATA COLLECTED IN RECENT SCANS INDICATES MULTIPLE INCOMING FLEETS HAVE DIVERTED COURSE AND WILL LAND ON NEARBY PLANETS AND ASTEROID CLUSTERS RATHER THAN MAKE PLANETFALL AS INITIALLY PREDICTED. THREAT FROM THESE FORCES IS STILL BEING DETERMINED BUT THE LINGERING ENEMY MAY POSE A HIGHER DANGER. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS FLUCTUATIONS IN THE ENCROACHING WARP STORMS THAT ARE CASUING THE SENSOR DATA TO BE UNRELIABLE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ASCERTAIN SPECIFIC NUMBER AND FORCE SIZES, BUT ESTIMATES PLACE THE NUMBER OF INCOMING SHIPS TO INCLUDE OVER A DOZEN INDIVIDUAL ARMIES.
RELAY ALL INFORMATION TO THE DATASMITHS FOR PARSING AND LOGGING, INFORM THE ARCHMAGOS OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS, PRAY TO THE MACHINE ON HIGH FOR OUR SAFETY.
FORWARD SCOUT UNIT "EYES OF MARS" REPORT.
DIRECT LINK TO FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA DATABANK 3090δ
RANGER ALPHA CALADE-X4 REPORTING TO ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL
- UNITS DETECTED MULTIPLE ENERGY SIGNATURES IN THE REGIONS AROUND THE RUINS OF KORTHUS
- CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH AGENTS OF IMPERIAL, XENOS, AND HERETICAL FACTIONS RESULTING IN 32 DEATHS OF PDF AND CIVILIANS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA
- PEACEFUL CONTACT ACHIEVED WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF NEW ARRIVALS, ORDERS THEY HAVE RECEIVED DO NOT INDICATE IMMEDIATE INTEREST IN THE FUNCTIONING OF FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA, ONLY IN MAINTAINING IMPERIAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PLANET
- SUPPLY CACHES ARE BEING REINFORCED TO PREVENT RAIDS BY HOSTILE FACTIONS, INTEL INDICATES POSSIBLE INFILTRATION BY SMALL UNITS
- DEPLOYMENT OF KILL TEAMS TO DEFEND SUPPLIES RECOMENDED TO ENSURE SUPPORT FOR WAR EFFORTS WILL NOT BE IMPEDED
- FOR LARGER FORCES OF INVADERS, DEPLOYMENT OF FULL PATROLS OR BATTALIONS MAY BE REQUIRED
- AWAITING FURTHER ORDERS -
DIRECT LINK TO FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA DATABANK 3090δ
RANGER ALPHA CALADE-X4 REPORTING TO ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL
- UNITS DETECTED MULTIPLE ENERGY SIGNATURES IN THE REGIONS AROUND THE RUINS OF KORTHUS
- CONTACT HAS BEEN MADE WITH AGENTS OF IMPERIAL, XENOS, AND HERETICAL FACTIONS RESULTING IN 32 DEATHS OF PDF AND CIVILIANS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA
- PEACEFUL CONTACT ACHIEVED WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF NEW ARRIVALS, ORDERS THEY HAVE RECEIVED DO NOT INDICATE IMMEDIATE INTEREST IN THE FUNCTIONING OF FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA, ONLY IN MAINTAINING IMPERIAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PLANET
- SUPPLY CACHES ARE BEING REINFORCED TO PREVENT RAIDS BY HOSTILE FACTIONS, INTEL INDICATES POSSIBLE INFILTRATION BY SMALL UNITS
- DEPLOYMENT OF KILL TEAMS TO DEFEND SUPPLIES RECOMENDED TO ENSURE SUPPORT FOR WAR EFFORTS WILL NOT BE IMPEDED
- FOR LARGER FORCES OF INVADERS, DEPLOYMENT OF FULL PATROLS OR BATTALIONS MAY BE REQUIRED
- AWAITING FURTHER ORDERS -
FORWARD SCOUT UNIT "EYES OF MARS" REPORT.
DIRECT LINK TO FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA DATABANK 3090δ
RANGER ALPHA CALADE-X4 REPORTING TO ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL
- SEVERE STORMS IMPEDED INVADING ARMIES FOR THE INITIAL LANDING, ALLOWING OUR RESERVE UNITS TO SECURE SEVERAL FORWARD LOCATIONS
- ORBITAL OMNISPEX SCANS HAVE DETECTED MULTIPLE BATTLES HAVE BROKEN OUT OVER THE CONTINENT CAUSING MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE LANDSCAPE, PRIMARILY THE RUINED CITY OF KORTHUS
- A FULL REPORT WILL BE SENT AS SOON AS THE REMAINING LANDED FORCES HAVE MOVED ON THEIR TARGETS
- FURTHER DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TO BE SENT WHEN ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN CALCULATED
- AWAITING FURTHER ORDERS -
DIRECT LINK TO FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA DATABANK 3090δ
RANGER ALPHA CALADE-X4 REPORTING TO ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL
- SEVERE STORMS IMPEDED INVADING ARMIES FOR THE INITIAL LANDING, ALLOWING OUR RESERVE UNITS TO SECURE SEVERAL FORWARD LOCATIONS
- ORBITAL OMNISPEX SCANS HAVE DETECTED MULTIPLE BATTLES HAVE BROKEN OUT OVER THE CONTINENT CAUSING MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE LANDSCAPE, PRIMARILY THE RUINED CITY OF KORTHUS
- A FULL REPORT WILL BE SENT AS SOON AS THE REMAINING LANDED FORCES HAVE MOVED ON THEIR TARGETS
- FURTHER DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TO BE SENT WHEN ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN CALCULATED
- AWAITING FURTHER ORDERS -
STATIC BURST ANNOUNCEMENT INTERCEPTED BROADCAST CENTER
- FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA SENSORS DETECTING INCOMING DUST AND METAL FRAGMENT STORMS CAUSED BY MASSIVE AIR CURRENTS FROM NUMEROUS LANDING CRAFT AND ORBITING SPACECRAFT SYPHONING ATMOSPHERE OVER THE RUINS OF KORTHUS
- ALL UNITS TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS DIRECT EXPOSURE CAN RESULT IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO FLESH AND EQUIPMENT ALIKE
- BE AWARE THAT TARGETING EQUIPMENT AND MOVEMENT WILL BE AFFECTED BY METAL FRAGMENTS PRESENT IN THE STORMFRONT
- ALL REGIONS WILL BE AFFECTED
- FAITH IN THE MACHINE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH -
- FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA SENSORS DETECTING INCOMING DUST AND METAL FRAGMENT STORMS CAUSED BY MASSIVE AIR CURRENTS FROM NUMEROUS LANDING CRAFT AND ORBITING SPACECRAFT SYPHONING ATMOSPHERE OVER THE RUINS OF KORTHUS
- ALL UNITS TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS DIRECT EXPOSURE CAN RESULT IN SEVERE DAMAGE TO FLESH AND EQUIPMENT ALIKE
- BE AWARE THAT TARGETING EQUIPMENT AND MOVEMENT WILL BE AFFECTED BY METAL FRAGMENTS PRESENT IN THE STORMFRONT
- ALL REGIONS WILL BE AFFECTED
- FAITH IN THE MACHINE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH -
FORWARD SCOUT UNIT "EYES OF MARS" REPORT. DIRECT LINK TO FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA DATABANK 3090δ
RANGER ALPHA CALADE-X4 REPORTING TO ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL
- NUMEROUS BATTLES HAVE BROKEN OUT BETWEEN THOSE WHO HAVE ARRIVED ON PLANET TO STEAL THE ARTIFACT AND THOSE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE OTHER MOTIVES
- THE LOCAL ORK POPULATION UNDER THE 'COMMAND' OF "ZUGTUG THE UNKILLABLE" HAVE RESISTED AN INCURSION BY PLAGUED TRAITOR ASTARTES IN THE REGION DUBBED 'ARD LADS CRAG, PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF POSSIBLE CONTAGEOUS STRAINS OF NUMEROUS DISEASES. RECOMMENDING A CLOSER WATCH ON ORK FORCES MOVING FORWARD TO UNDERSTAND THEIR MOTIVES.
- WOLF LORD RENNAC HAS TAKEN A STAND AGAINST A FORCE OF ADEPTUS CUSTODES OF UNKNOWN ALLEGIANCE IN THE BADLANDS, SENDING THE ATTACKING FORCE BACK TO ORBIT WITHOUT ANY NOTICABLE LOSS OF STATEGIC OBJECTIVES SENSITIVE TO OUR PURPOSES. RECOMMENDING A MISSIVE BE SENT TO THE WOLF LORD TO DIPLOMATICALLY CONGRATULATE HIM ON A SUCCESSFUL BATTLE.
- NECRONS UNDER THE "MENTUT" DYNASTY LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON OUR OUTLYING SUPPORT COMPLEX BUT WERE INTERCEPTED BY A DIFFERENT NECRON FORCE FROM AN OPPOSING DYNASTY. ALTHOUGH THE SCANNING EQUIPMENT WAS UNABLE TO DENOTE TOO MANY DIFFERENCES IT SEEMS THAT THE ATTACKERS GAINED A FOOTHOLD THAT FORCED THE DEFENDING ARMY FROM THE FIELD IN A SERIES OF BRILLIANT GREEN TELEPORTATION SIGNALS
- FALSE AND HERETICAL ZEALOTS CLAIMING TO BE FOLLOWERS OF THE OMNISSIAH HAVE LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON OUR FORGE COMPLEX IN A BID TO LAY CLAIM TO THE ARTIFACT FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES. AS OUR FORCES WERE DISTRACTED ELSEWHERE A DEFENSE FORCE COMMANDED BY A PRIEST OF THE IMPERIAL CREED NAMED 'TOMBUL KEDI' DEFENDED THE COMPLEX WITH CERAMITE AND BOLTER. THE ADEPTUS SORORITAS SOLDIERS WERE UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO STOP THE ONSLAUGHT OF TECHNICAL MIGHT BROUGHT FORTH BY THE TRAITORS OF MARS AND THE ATTACKING FORCE HAS GAINED A FOOTHOLD IN THE WORKER SLUMS OUTSIDE THE COMPLEX.
- MORE NECRON ENERGY SIGNATURES WERE DETECTED IN THE 'ARD LADS CRAG REGION AND FORWARD SCOUTS REPORT AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN THE ASTRA MILITARUM 'CATACHAN' FORCES THAT LANDED THERE. COMMS COMMUNICATION WITH THE GUARD BATTALION WAS CUT OFF AMID THE SOUNDS OF DISCHARGING GAUSS WEAPONRY AND MASSIVE SPIKES IN ENERGY DISCHARGE ON THE SCANNERS. TROOPS ASSUMED DECEASED AND NECRON FORCE ENTRENCHED IN THE CRAG. ORBITAL BOMBARDMENT RECOMMENDED TO ALLEVIATE ISSUE FOR NOW.
- TAU FORCES ENTERED THE SECTOR AND MADE LANDFALL AMID THE STREETS OF THE MANUFACTORUMS OF FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA. BEFORE A DEFENSE DETACHMENT COULD BE SCRAMBLED TO DESTROY THE THREAT A BREACH IN THE IMMATERIUM OPENED AND A HOST OF TRAITOR ASTARTES LEAD BY A DAEMON AND SEVERAL MALIGN SORCERERS CHARGED. IT IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN WHY THE FORCES OF CHAOS HAVE DEFENDED THE COMPLEX, BUT IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT THEY DESIRE THE ARTIFACT FOR THEMSELVES AND WILL KILL THE OTHERS TO DO SO. THE TAU WERE SUBSEQUENTY DISATCHED AND THE WHERABOUTS OF THE CHAOS FORCE IS UNKNOWN. SENSORS TO ASSIST IN DETECTING WARP FLUXUATIONS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
- A CONTINGENT OF SPACE WOLVES, APPARANTLY SEPARATE FROM WOLF LORD RENNAC'S FORCES, TOOK TO THE 'GORKISH SPEEDWAY' TO DEFEND THE TERRITORY AGAINST AN ASSAULT BY THE CRIMSON FISTS SPACE MARINES. SENSOR DATA SHOWS THAT THE CRIMSON FISTS HAVE CLAIMED A PORTION OF LAND THERE AND DRIVEN OFF THE MEMBERS OF THE 6TH LEGION. REMINDER THAT A MISSIVE SHOULD BE SENT TO THE SPACE WOLF COMMANDERS TO AVOID POSSIBLE DIPLOMATIC ISSUES RELATED TO THE DEFENSE OF THE PLANET.
- A FORCE CLAIMING TO BE A SUCCESSOR CHAPTER OF THE ULTRAMARINES ASTARTES, THE CRIMSON STALKERS, HAVE CLAIMED THAT THE ARTIFACT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO BE USED AND HAS ATTACKED A DEFENDING FORCE OF ASTRA MILITARUM THAT SET UP A PERIMETER IN THE GORKISH SPEEDWAY TO DEFEND THE COMPLEX. OUR COMMUNICATIONS WERE JAMMED AND SENSOR EQUIPMENT WAS DESTROYED IN THE ENSUING ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT, BUT THE SURVIVING IMPERIAL GUARD WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THE FIELD AFTER STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES WERE MET Y THE ATTACKING MARINES
- AN ORK FLEET THAT ENTERED THE SYSTEM DROPPED A ROK LADEN WITH RAMSHACKLE VEHICLES AND XENOS FILTH. THE ORKS WERE ENGAGED IN THE RUINED CITY OF KORTHUS BY ANOTHER CHAPTER OF SPACE MARINES THAT CLAIM TO BE DEFENDING THE PLANET FROM THOSE WHO MAY TAKE IT FROM THE IMPERIUM. PATROLS OF EACH FACTION CLASHED IN THE RUINS BUT WERE UNABLE TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD ON EITHER SIDE, CAUSING BOTH FORCES TO WITHDRAW AND ATTEMPT TO SECURE A LANDING ELSEWHERE.
- FINAL LOG FOR THIS TRANSMISSION. THE RUINED CITY OF KORTHUS HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY THE ATTACKING FORCES AND WILL NO LONGER SERVE AS A FORWARD OBSERVATION POST. EYES OF MARS MOVING TO A SECURE LOCATION TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE SITUATION AS IT DEVELOPS.
- MAY THE GREAT MACHINE GUIDE US AND PROTECT US FROM OUR ENEMIES. -
RANGER ALPHA CALADE-X4 REPORTING TO ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL
- NUMEROUS BATTLES HAVE BROKEN OUT BETWEEN THOSE WHO HAVE ARRIVED ON PLANET TO STEAL THE ARTIFACT AND THOSE WHO CLAIM TO HAVE OTHER MOTIVES
- THE LOCAL ORK POPULATION UNDER THE 'COMMAND' OF "ZUGTUG THE UNKILLABLE" HAVE RESISTED AN INCURSION BY PLAGUED TRAITOR ASTARTES IN THE REGION DUBBED 'ARD LADS CRAG, PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF POSSIBLE CONTAGEOUS STRAINS OF NUMEROUS DISEASES. RECOMMENDING A CLOSER WATCH ON ORK FORCES MOVING FORWARD TO UNDERSTAND THEIR MOTIVES.
- WOLF LORD RENNAC HAS TAKEN A STAND AGAINST A FORCE OF ADEPTUS CUSTODES OF UNKNOWN ALLEGIANCE IN THE BADLANDS, SENDING THE ATTACKING FORCE BACK TO ORBIT WITHOUT ANY NOTICABLE LOSS OF STATEGIC OBJECTIVES SENSITIVE TO OUR PURPOSES. RECOMMENDING A MISSIVE BE SENT TO THE WOLF LORD TO DIPLOMATICALLY CONGRATULATE HIM ON A SUCCESSFUL BATTLE.
- NECRONS UNDER THE "MENTUT" DYNASTY LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON OUR OUTLYING SUPPORT COMPLEX BUT WERE INTERCEPTED BY A DIFFERENT NECRON FORCE FROM AN OPPOSING DYNASTY. ALTHOUGH THE SCANNING EQUIPMENT WAS UNABLE TO DENOTE TOO MANY DIFFERENCES IT SEEMS THAT THE ATTACKERS GAINED A FOOTHOLD THAT FORCED THE DEFENDING ARMY FROM THE FIELD IN A SERIES OF BRILLIANT GREEN TELEPORTATION SIGNALS
- FALSE AND HERETICAL ZEALOTS CLAIMING TO BE FOLLOWERS OF THE OMNISSIAH HAVE LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON OUR FORGE COMPLEX IN A BID TO LAY CLAIM TO THE ARTIFACT FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES. AS OUR FORCES WERE DISTRACTED ELSEWHERE A DEFENSE FORCE COMMANDED BY A PRIEST OF THE IMPERIAL CREED NAMED 'TOMBUL KEDI' DEFENDED THE COMPLEX WITH CERAMITE AND BOLTER. THE ADEPTUS SORORITAS SOLDIERS WERE UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO STOP THE ONSLAUGHT OF TECHNICAL MIGHT BROUGHT FORTH BY THE TRAITORS OF MARS AND THE ATTACKING FORCE HAS GAINED A FOOTHOLD IN THE WORKER SLUMS OUTSIDE THE COMPLEX.
- MORE NECRON ENERGY SIGNATURES WERE DETECTED IN THE 'ARD LADS CRAG REGION AND FORWARD SCOUTS REPORT AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN THE ASTRA MILITARUM 'CATACHAN' FORCES THAT LANDED THERE. COMMS COMMUNICATION WITH THE GUARD BATTALION WAS CUT OFF AMID THE SOUNDS OF DISCHARGING GAUSS WEAPONRY AND MASSIVE SPIKES IN ENERGY DISCHARGE ON THE SCANNERS. TROOPS ASSUMED DECEASED AND NECRON FORCE ENTRENCHED IN THE CRAG. ORBITAL BOMBARDMENT RECOMMENDED TO ALLEVIATE ISSUE FOR NOW.
- TAU FORCES ENTERED THE SECTOR AND MADE LANDFALL AMID THE STREETS OF THE MANUFACTORUMS OF FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA. BEFORE A DEFENSE DETACHMENT COULD BE SCRAMBLED TO DESTROY THE THREAT A BREACH IN THE IMMATERIUM OPENED AND A HOST OF TRAITOR ASTARTES LEAD BY A DAEMON AND SEVERAL MALIGN SORCERERS CHARGED. IT IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN WHY THE FORCES OF CHAOS HAVE DEFENDED THE COMPLEX, BUT IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT THEY DESIRE THE ARTIFACT FOR THEMSELVES AND WILL KILL THE OTHERS TO DO SO. THE TAU WERE SUBSEQUENTY DISATCHED AND THE WHERABOUTS OF THE CHAOS FORCE IS UNKNOWN. SENSORS TO ASSIST IN DETECTING WARP FLUXUATIONS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
- A CONTINGENT OF SPACE WOLVES, APPARANTLY SEPARATE FROM WOLF LORD RENNAC'S FORCES, TOOK TO THE 'GORKISH SPEEDWAY' TO DEFEND THE TERRITORY AGAINST AN ASSAULT BY THE CRIMSON FISTS SPACE MARINES. SENSOR DATA SHOWS THAT THE CRIMSON FISTS HAVE CLAIMED A PORTION OF LAND THERE AND DRIVEN OFF THE MEMBERS OF THE 6TH LEGION. REMINDER THAT A MISSIVE SHOULD BE SENT TO THE SPACE WOLF COMMANDERS TO AVOID POSSIBLE DIPLOMATIC ISSUES RELATED TO THE DEFENSE OF THE PLANET.
- A FORCE CLAIMING TO BE A SUCCESSOR CHAPTER OF THE ULTRAMARINES ASTARTES, THE CRIMSON STALKERS, HAVE CLAIMED THAT THE ARTIFACT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO BE USED AND HAS ATTACKED A DEFENDING FORCE OF ASTRA MILITARUM THAT SET UP A PERIMETER IN THE GORKISH SPEEDWAY TO DEFEND THE COMPLEX. OUR COMMUNICATIONS WERE JAMMED AND SENSOR EQUIPMENT WAS DESTROYED IN THE ENSUING ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT, BUT THE SURVIVING IMPERIAL GUARD WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THE FIELD AFTER STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES WERE MET Y THE ATTACKING MARINES
- AN ORK FLEET THAT ENTERED THE SYSTEM DROPPED A ROK LADEN WITH RAMSHACKLE VEHICLES AND XENOS FILTH. THE ORKS WERE ENGAGED IN THE RUINED CITY OF KORTHUS BY ANOTHER CHAPTER OF SPACE MARINES THAT CLAIM TO BE DEFENDING THE PLANET FROM THOSE WHO MAY TAKE IT FROM THE IMPERIUM. PATROLS OF EACH FACTION CLASHED IN THE RUINS BUT WERE UNABLE TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD ON EITHER SIDE, CAUSING BOTH FORCES TO WITHDRAW AND ATTEMPT TO SECURE A LANDING ELSEWHERE.
- FINAL LOG FOR THIS TRANSMISSION. THE RUINED CITY OF KORTHUS HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY THE ATTACKING FORCES AND WILL NO LONGER SERVE AS A FORWARD OBSERVATION POST. EYES OF MARS MOVING TO A SECURE LOCATION TO CONTINUE MONITORING THE SITUATION AS IT DEVELOPS.
- MAY THE GREAT MACHINE GUIDE US AND PROTECT US FROM OUR ENEMIES. -
FORWARD SCOUT UNIT "EYES OF MARS" REPORT. DIRECT LINK TO FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA DATABANK 3090δ
- REPORT FOR MILITARY ACTIONS TAKEN BY LANDED FORCES ON TROVAX VI
- ORKS FORCES HAVE BEEN QUIET WHICH RAISES DOUBTS AS TO THE VERACITY OF CLAIMS MADE THAT A SEPARATE FORCE LANDED AT ALL. CURRENT ORK DENIZENS OF TROVAX VI ARE GEARING UP FOR ASSAULTS AGAINST OTHER TARGETS. NO OTHER ACTION NOTED FROM THEM.
- THE WOLVES UNDER LORD RENNAC HAVE SHOWN THEIR MIGHT ONCE AGAIN IN REPULSING AN ATTACK BY THE TAU FORCES ON THE FORGE COMPLEX. PRAISE BE TO CERAMITE AND BOLTER THAT THE XENOS HAVE BEEN SEEN OFF.
- THE NECRON HOST THAT HAS COME TO THE DEFENSE OF THE PLANET HAS BEEN ROUTED BY A MYSTERIOUS SPACE MARINE FORCE WHOSE IDENTIFICATION DOES NOT MATCH ANY KNOWN CHAPTER IN OUR DATABASE. MORE INQUIRIES MUST BE PERSUED.
- THE ALLIED MECHANICUS UNDER INVICTUS ACQUISITOR LUBIQUITUS FETCH HAD TAKEN A STAND AGAINST THE MARCH OF TRAITOR MARINED OF THE DEATH GUARD CHAPTER, ONLY TO BE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THEIR OBJECTIVE. RITES ARE CURRENTLY BEING OBSERVED TO CALM THE ANXIOUS MACHINE SPIRITS THAT MOURN THE LOSS OF THEIR CHAMPIONS.
- THE OTHER TRAITOR MARINES OF THE THOUSAND SONS, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE DEFENDED THE WALLS OF THE FORGE COMPLEX AGAINST THE CRIMSON STALKERS MARINES AND CLEARED THE AREA OF THOSE WHO WOULD INTERRUPT OUR WORK. KEEP A STEADY EYE UPON THEM AS THEY MAY TURN AT ANY MOMENT IF THEIR TWISTED GODS CHOOSE.
- THE FORGE COMPLEX WAS AT THE CENTER OF ANOTHER BATTLE, THIS ONE BETWEEN THE ADEPTUS MUNITORUM AND THE OTHER NECRON DYNASTY. AFTER A TENSE BATTLE WHERE THEIR FORCES CLASHED CONSTANTLY OUTSIDE THE WALLS, THE GUARD STOOD FIRM AND REPELLED THE ADVANCING THREAT. SEND WORD TO THEIR COMMANDER THAT WE WILL MAKE USE OF ALL THOSE UNABLE TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT AS OUR CORP OF SERVITORS WILL NEED REPLENISHING.
- THE WOLVES OF RUSS CONTINUE TO SHOW THEIR DEDICATION TO OUR CAUSE BY REPELLING THE ADVANCES OF THE CUSTODES THAT HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT THEY WISH TO HALT OUR PROGRESS. AFTER AN EXTENDED MELEE, THE CUSTODES WERE FORCED TO RETREAT FROM THE FIELD UNDER THE ONSLAUGHT OF GNASHING TEETH AND COLD BLADES.
- THE STORM LORDS CHAPTER WAS AMBUSHED ON ROUTE TO A DEFENSABLE POSITION BY ONE OF THE NECRON FORCES ASSAULTING OUR WORLD, AND WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO ESCAPE THE TRAP TO SAFETY. PLEASE INFORM THEIR COMMANDER THAT ALL TECHNOLOGY WILL BE RECOVERED FROM THE FIELD AND RETURNED TO THEM AS NEEDED.
FINAL LOG FOR THIS TRANSMISSION: THE AREA KNOWN AS 'ARD LADS KRAG HAS BEEN FORTIFIED BY THE DEFENSE FORCES AND WILL BE ABLE TO RESUPPLY THEM AS NEEDED SHOULD FURTHER BATTLES BE FOUGHT THERE.
- MAY THE GREAT MACHINES BESTOW THEIR BOUNTY ON OUR WORKS, AND MAY OUR ENEMIES KNOW THE WRATH OF OUR ENGINES. -
A terrible sense of calm spreads over the continent, as if the world itself holds its breath for what is to come. With the sound of rushing air followed immediately by deafening silence, a wave of energy sweeps over the face of the planet. Energy shields crackle and die, warp energies become unstable and fizzle as if their source was cut off. Engines of war grind to a halt as their overseers tremble in the wake of such terrible nothingness.
As the world exhales, Magos Cromwell slowly places the Artifact on it's plinth and speaks into a vox-caster.
"TEST 1 COMPLETED. GATHER THE DATA AND STOKE THE GREAT FORGE FIRES. WE HAVE MUCH TO PREPARE FOR THE SECOND TEST."
- REPORT FOR MILITARY ACTIONS TAKEN BY LANDED FORCES ON TROVAX VI
- ORKS FORCES HAVE BEEN QUIET WHICH RAISES DOUBTS AS TO THE VERACITY OF CLAIMS MADE THAT A SEPARATE FORCE LANDED AT ALL. CURRENT ORK DENIZENS OF TROVAX VI ARE GEARING UP FOR ASSAULTS AGAINST OTHER TARGETS. NO OTHER ACTION NOTED FROM THEM.
- THE WOLVES UNDER LORD RENNAC HAVE SHOWN THEIR MIGHT ONCE AGAIN IN REPULSING AN ATTACK BY THE TAU FORCES ON THE FORGE COMPLEX. PRAISE BE TO CERAMITE AND BOLTER THAT THE XENOS HAVE BEEN SEEN OFF.
- THE NECRON HOST THAT HAS COME TO THE DEFENSE OF THE PLANET HAS BEEN ROUTED BY A MYSTERIOUS SPACE MARINE FORCE WHOSE IDENTIFICATION DOES NOT MATCH ANY KNOWN CHAPTER IN OUR DATABASE. MORE INQUIRIES MUST BE PERSUED.
- THE ALLIED MECHANICUS UNDER INVICTUS ACQUISITOR LUBIQUITUS FETCH HAD TAKEN A STAND AGAINST THE MARCH OF TRAITOR MARINED OF THE DEATH GUARD CHAPTER, ONLY TO BE FORCIBLY REMOVED FROM THEIR OBJECTIVE. RITES ARE CURRENTLY BEING OBSERVED TO CALM THE ANXIOUS MACHINE SPIRITS THAT MOURN THE LOSS OF THEIR CHAMPIONS.
- THE OTHER TRAITOR MARINES OF THE THOUSAND SONS, ON THE OTHER HAND, HAVE DEFENDED THE WALLS OF THE FORGE COMPLEX AGAINST THE CRIMSON STALKERS MARINES AND CLEARED THE AREA OF THOSE WHO WOULD INTERRUPT OUR WORK. KEEP A STEADY EYE UPON THEM AS THEY MAY TURN AT ANY MOMENT IF THEIR TWISTED GODS CHOOSE.
- THE FORGE COMPLEX WAS AT THE CENTER OF ANOTHER BATTLE, THIS ONE BETWEEN THE ADEPTUS MUNITORUM AND THE OTHER NECRON DYNASTY. AFTER A TENSE BATTLE WHERE THEIR FORCES CLASHED CONSTANTLY OUTSIDE THE WALLS, THE GUARD STOOD FIRM AND REPELLED THE ADVANCING THREAT. SEND WORD TO THEIR COMMANDER THAT WE WILL MAKE USE OF ALL THOSE UNABLE TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT AS OUR CORP OF SERVITORS WILL NEED REPLENISHING.
- THE WOLVES OF RUSS CONTINUE TO SHOW THEIR DEDICATION TO OUR CAUSE BY REPELLING THE ADVANCES OF THE CUSTODES THAT HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT THEY WISH TO HALT OUR PROGRESS. AFTER AN EXTENDED MELEE, THE CUSTODES WERE FORCED TO RETREAT FROM THE FIELD UNDER THE ONSLAUGHT OF GNASHING TEETH AND COLD BLADES.
- THE STORM LORDS CHAPTER WAS AMBUSHED ON ROUTE TO A DEFENSABLE POSITION BY ONE OF THE NECRON FORCES ASSAULTING OUR WORLD, AND WAS UNFORTUNATELY UNABLE TO ESCAPE THE TRAP TO SAFETY. PLEASE INFORM THEIR COMMANDER THAT ALL TECHNOLOGY WILL BE RECOVERED FROM THE FIELD AND RETURNED TO THEM AS NEEDED.
FINAL LOG FOR THIS TRANSMISSION: THE AREA KNOWN AS 'ARD LADS KRAG HAS BEEN FORTIFIED BY THE DEFENSE FORCES AND WILL BE ABLE TO RESUPPLY THEM AS NEEDED SHOULD FURTHER BATTLES BE FOUGHT THERE.
- MAY THE GREAT MACHINES BESTOW THEIR BOUNTY ON OUR WORKS, AND MAY OUR ENEMIES KNOW THE WRATH OF OUR ENGINES. -
A terrible sense of calm spreads over the continent, as if the world itself holds its breath for what is to come. With the sound of rushing air followed immediately by deafening silence, a wave of energy sweeps over the face of the planet. Energy shields crackle and die, warp energies become unstable and fizzle as if their source was cut off. Engines of war grind to a halt as their overseers tremble in the wake of such terrible nothingness.
As the world exhales, Magos Cromwell slowly places the Artifact on it's plinth and speaks into a vox-caster.
"TEST 1 COMPLETED. GATHER THE DATA AND STOKE THE GREAT FORGE FIRES. WE HAVE MUCH TO PREPARE FOR THE SECOND TEST."
FORWARD SCOUT UNIT "EYES OF MARS" REPORT. DIRECT LINK TO FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA DATABANK 3090δ
REGIONAL SENSORS ARE DETECTING GATHERING WARP ENERGIES IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. BACKLASH FROM THE ARTIFACT TEST 1 IS MANIFESTING AS A WAVE OF INTENSE WARP ENERGY REINSTATING ITSELF IN THE MATERIUM. ACTIVATE DEFENSIVE SHIELDING AS SOON AS THE MECHINE SPIRITS HAVE CALMED TO PREPARE FOR THE COMING TIDE. PLACE ANY INDIVIDUAL SENSITIVE TO WARP ENERGY UNDER INTENSE GUARD IN CASE OF UNRESTRICTED WARP ENERGIES OVERWHELMING THEIR CONTROL.
REGIONAL SENSORS ARE DETECTING GATHERING WARP ENERGIES IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. BACKLASH FROM THE ARTIFACT TEST 1 IS MANIFESTING AS A WAVE OF INTENSE WARP ENERGY REINSTATING ITSELF IN THE MATERIUM. ACTIVATE DEFENSIVE SHIELDING AS SOON AS THE MECHINE SPIRITS HAVE CALMED TO PREPARE FOR THE COMING TIDE. PLACE ANY INDIVIDUAL SENSITIVE TO WARP ENERGY UNDER INTENSE GUARD IN CASE OF UNRESTRICTED WARP ENERGIES OVERWHELMING THEIR CONTROL.
FORWARD SCOUT UNIT "EYES OF MARS" REPORT. DIRECT LINK TO FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA DATABANK 3090δ
- THE ATTACKING FORCES HAVE PRESSED THE ADVANTAGE AND SUCCEEDED AT OVERWHELMING DEFENDING FORCES AT MULTIPLE POINTS
- THE ORKISH HORDE UNDER ZUGTUG THE UNKILLABLE HAVE ALL BUT BROKEN THE ELDRITCH FORCES OF A DEFENDING NECRON ARMY AT THE RUINED CITY. SCOUTS REPORT THAT THE BATTLEFIELD WAS SCAVENGED DIRECTLY AFTER BY HORDES OF SNOTLINGS AND ORK FORCES HAVE SOMEHW INTEGRATED LIVING METAL INTO THE FRAMES OF THEIR VEHICLES. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THIS HAS ANY LASTING EFFECTS
- RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR AID OUR FORCES CAME HEAD TO HEAD WITH A CONTINGENT OF SPACE WOLVES UNDER THE COMMAND OF LORD RENNAC. THE WOLVES HAD PLACED THEMSELVES BETWEEN US AND OUR OBJECTIVE IN TROVAXIA PRIME AND WERE FORCABLY REMOVED. SEND A MESSAGE TO LORD RENNAC EXPLAINING THE SITUATION AND COMMEND THEM ON A VALIANT DEFENSE. ALSO SEND WARNING THAT FURTHER OBSTRUCTION WILL RESULT IN MORE DRASTIC MEASURES.
- REPORTS FROM THE GORKISH SPEEDWAY INDICATE THAT THE DEATH GUARD HAVE DESTROYED A DEFENDING NECRON PATROL. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ALTERCATION BUT IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT THE DEATH GUARD WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD THEIR FILTH THROUGHOUT THE REGION IF LEFT UNCHECKED.
- OUR BROTHERS IN ARMS UNDER ACQUISITOR FETCH CLASHED WITH THE MENTUT DYNASTY IN ARD LADS KRAG AS THE NECRONS WERE ESTABLISHING A PERIMETER. THE BATTLE WAS HARD FOUGHT BUT THE NECRONS PROVED TO BE TOO WELL DEFENDED. RECORDED PRAYERS WILL BE PLAYED FOR THE NEXT WEEK IN HONOR OF THE FALLEN SKITARII THE VALIANTLY DEFENDED OUR PLANET.
- THE CUSTODES FORCE THAT ARE ATTEMPTING TO INTERRUPT OUR RESEARCH WERE INTERCEPTED BY THE THOUSAND SONS TRAITOR MARINE CHAPTER EN ROUTE THROUGH TROVAXIA PRIME. AFTER A PITCHED BATTLE, SENSORS PICKED UP TELEPORT SIGNATURES THAT PUNCTUATED THE CUSTODES FLEEING THE FIELD. THE FORCES OF CHAOS HAVE MOVED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED AS SOON AS THEY REAPPEAR
- THE CRIMSON STALKERS SPACE MARINES CLASHED WITH ANOTHER CONTINGENT OF SPACE WOLVES IN THE BADLANDS WHEN NEGOTIATIONS BROKE DOWN BETWEEN THEIR COMMANDERS. THE HORDE OF CYBERNETICALLY ENHANCED WOLVES WERE DRIVEN BACK BY A HAIL OF BOLTER FIRE AND THE SONS OF RUSS WERE DRIVEN FROM THE FIELD AS THE STALKERS CLAIMED THEIR OBJECTIVE.
- SCOUTS REPORT THAT 2 SPACE MARINE FORCES CLASHED IN TROVAXIA PRIME. POST BATTLE SCANS INDICATE THAT THE STORM LORDS AND AN UNKNOWN CHAPTER CLASHED IN THE HIVE CITY AND THAT THE REGION WAS DECIMATED PROVING THAT THE ATTACKING FORCES WERE VICTORIOUS
- SENSORS INDICATE A MASSIVE SPIKE IN WARP ENERGIES. MASS BROADCAST WARNING TO ALL FORCES EMPLOYING PSYCHIC POWERS TO MONITOR YOUR CHARGES WITH CARE AS THESE ENERGIES CAN POTENTIALLY LEAD TO MASSIVE SWELLS IN POWER. ADDITIONALLY, ALL IMPERIAL FORCES SHOULD REMOVE ALL SHARP OBJECTS AND POTENTIALLY LETHAL FURNITURE FROM THE AREAS SURROUNDING SANCTIONED PSYKERS.
- THE ATTACKING FORCES HAVE PRESSED THE ADVANTAGE AND SUCCEEDED AT OVERWHELMING DEFENDING FORCES AT MULTIPLE POINTS
- THE ORKISH HORDE UNDER ZUGTUG THE UNKILLABLE HAVE ALL BUT BROKEN THE ELDRITCH FORCES OF A DEFENDING NECRON ARMY AT THE RUINED CITY. SCOUTS REPORT THAT THE BATTLEFIELD WAS SCAVENGED DIRECTLY AFTER BY HORDES OF SNOTLINGS AND ORK FORCES HAVE SOMEHW INTEGRATED LIVING METAL INTO THE FRAMES OF THEIR VEHICLES. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF THIS HAS ANY LASTING EFFECTS
- RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR AID OUR FORCES CAME HEAD TO HEAD WITH A CONTINGENT OF SPACE WOLVES UNDER THE COMMAND OF LORD RENNAC. THE WOLVES HAD PLACED THEMSELVES BETWEEN US AND OUR OBJECTIVE IN TROVAXIA PRIME AND WERE FORCABLY REMOVED. SEND A MESSAGE TO LORD RENNAC EXPLAINING THE SITUATION AND COMMEND THEM ON A VALIANT DEFENSE. ALSO SEND WARNING THAT FURTHER OBSTRUCTION WILL RESULT IN MORE DRASTIC MEASURES.
- REPORTS FROM THE GORKISH SPEEDWAY INDICATE THAT THE DEATH GUARD HAVE DESTROYED A DEFENDING NECRON PATROL. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THIS ALTERCATION BUT IT CAN BE ASSUMED THAT THE DEATH GUARD WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD THEIR FILTH THROUGHOUT THE REGION IF LEFT UNCHECKED.
- OUR BROTHERS IN ARMS UNDER ACQUISITOR FETCH CLASHED WITH THE MENTUT DYNASTY IN ARD LADS KRAG AS THE NECRONS WERE ESTABLISHING A PERIMETER. THE BATTLE WAS HARD FOUGHT BUT THE NECRONS PROVED TO BE TOO WELL DEFENDED. RECORDED PRAYERS WILL BE PLAYED FOR THE NEXT WEEK IN HONOR OF THE FALLEN SKITARII THE VALIANTLY DEFENDED OUR PLANET.
- THE CUSTODES FORCE THAT ARE ATTEMPTING TO INTERRUPT OUR RESEARCH WERE INTERCEPTED BY THE THOUSAND SONS TRAITOR MARINE CHAPTER EN ROUTE THROUGH TROVAXIA PRIME. AFTER A PITCHED BATTLE, SENSORS PICKED UP TELEPORT SIGNATURES THAT PUNCTUATED THE CUSTODES FLEEING THE FIELD. THE FORCES OF CHAOS HAVE MOVED TO AN UNKNOWN LOCATION BUT SHOULD BE MONITORED AS SOON AS THEY REAPPEAR
- THE CRIMSON STALKERS SPACE MARINES CLASHED WITH ANOTHER CONTINGENT OF SPACE WOLVES IN THE BADLANDS WHEN NEGOTIATIONS BROKE DOWN BETWEEN THEIR COMMANDERS. THE HORDE OF CYBERNETICALLY ENHANCED WOLVES WERE DRIVEN BACK BY A HAIL OF BOLTER FIRE AND THE SONS OF RUSS WERE DRIVEN FROM THE FIELD AS THE STALKERS CLAIMED THEIR OBJECTIVE.
- SCOUTS REPORT THAT 2 SPACE MARINE FORCES CLASHED IN TROVAXIA PRIME. POST BATTLE SCANS INDICATE THAT THE STORM LORDS AND AN UNKNOWN CHAPTER CLASHED IN THE HIVE CITY AND THAT THE REGION WAS DECIMATED PROVING THAT THE ATTACKING FORCES WERE VICTORIOUS
- SENSORS INDICATE A MASSIVE SPIKE IN WARP ENERGIES. MASS BROADCAST WARNING TO ALL FORCES EMPLOYING PSYCHIC POWERS TO MONITOR YOUR CHARGES WITH CARE AS THESE ENERGIES CAN POTENTIALLY LEAD TO MASSIVE SWELLS IN POWER. ADDITIONALLY, ALL IMPERIAL FORCES SHOULD REMOVE ALL SHARP OBJECTS AND POTENTIALLY LETHAL FURNITURE FROM THE AREAS SURROUNDING SANCTIONED PSYKERS.
FORWARD SCOUT UNIT "EYES OF MARS" REPORT. DIRECT LINK TO FORGE COMPLEX ALPHA DATABANK 3090δ
IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY NOTICE TO ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL.
- RECENT ACTIVATION OF THE ARTIFACT HAS DRAWN THE ATTENTION OF ATTACKING FORCES TO THE MANUFACTORUM. ADVISE THAT COORDINATES OF SECRET FACILITY BE SENT TO ALL DEFENDING FORCES IN ORDER TO INTERCEPT THOSE THAT WOULD STOP OUR GLORIOUS WORKS.
- SENSORS DETECTING INCOMING SIGNALS SHOWING TROOP MOVEMENT IN VACINITY, PREPARE DEFENSES AND CALL ALLIED FORCES TO THE DEFENSE OF THE HIDDEN MANUFACTORUM. THE FATE OF THIS WORLD SHALL BE DECIDED HERE.
PRIORITY COMMUNICAE FROM ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL OF TROVAX VI
- ATTENTION ALL FORCES ON TROVAX VI. AS THE LOCATION OF OUR STRONGHOLD HAS BEEN DISCOVERED WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ACTIVATE THE FINAL STAGE OF OUR PLAN. READY YOURSELVES AS THE GLORY OF THE OMNISSIAH IS UNLEASHED UPON THOSE WHO TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST US. LOCATION COORDINATES ARE BEING SENT TO ALLIED FORCES TO MOUNT A DEFENSE. COORDINATE AND KEEP THE TRAITORS AND XENOS AT BAY AS WE REACH THE FINAL PHASE OF ACTIVATION.
IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY NOTICE TO ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL.
- RECENT ACTIVATION OF THE ARTIFACT HAS DRAWN THE ATTENTION OF ATTACKING FORCES TO THE MANUFACTORUM. ADVISE THAT COORDINATES OF SECRET FACILITY BE SENT TO ALL DEFENDING FORCES IN ORDER TO INTERCEPT THOSE THAT WOULD STOP OUR GLORIOUS WORKS.
- SENSORS DETECTING INCOMING SIGNALS SHOWING TROOP MOVEMENT IN VACINITY, PREPARE DEFENSES AND CALL ALLIED FORCES TO THE DEFENSE OF THE HIDDEN MANUFACTORUM. THE FATE OF THIS WORLD SHALL BE DECIDED HERE.
PRIORITY COMMUNICAE FROM ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL OF TROVAX VI
- ATTENTION ALL FORCES ON TROVAX VI. AS THE LOCATION OF OUR STRONGHOLD HAS BEEN DISCOVERED WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO ACTIVATE THE FINAL STAGE OF OUR PLAN. READY YOURSELVES AS THE GLORY OF THE OMNISSIAH IS UNLEASHED UPON THOSE WHO TAKE UP ARMS AGAINST US. LOCATION COORDINATES ARE BEING SENT TO ALLIED FORCES TO MOUNT A DEFENSE. COORDINATE AND KEEP THE TRAITORS AND XENOS AT BAY AS WE REACH THE FINAL PHASE OF ACTIVATION.
FORWARD SCOUT UNIT "EYES OF MARS" REPORT. ASTROPATH COMMUNICATION RELAY 54F933N
SENDING TO ARCHMAGOS GRANTH - UNKNOWN LOCATION
- TROVAX VI IS LOST TO THE MECHANICUM. THE ASSAULT ON THE PLANET BY THE ATTACKING FORCES PROVED TO BE TOO MUCH FOR THE DEFENDING ARMIES, EVENTUALLY OVERTAKING THE HIDDEN MANUFACTORUM AND CUTTING OFF SURROUNDING POWER STATIONS DURING A CRUCIAL MOMENT IN THE ACTIVATION PROTOCOLS OF THE DISCOVERED ARTIFACT. FINAL BATTLE REPORTS INCLUDED BELOW FOR FUTURE RESEARCH.
- ORK FORCES INDIGENOUS TO TROVAX VI ATTAMPTED TO PREVENT THE UNKNOWN MARINE CHAPTER FROM DESTROYING THE REMOTE POWER STATION IN THEIR SECTOR. OVERWHELMING FIREPOWER WON THE DAY AS THE MARINES MOVED UNPHASED THROUGH A HAIL OF UNFOCUSED FIRE. MIGHTY BOLTER AND STRONG ARMOR SAW THAT THE ORKS WERE ROUTED, THEIR WARBOSS CUT DOWN IN THE FINAL MOMENTS AND SIGNALING THE BREAKING OF THE HORDE.
- REPORTS OF THE SPACE WOLVES MEETING THEIR HATED FOES, THE THOUSAND SONS TRAITOR LEGION, CLAIM THAT THE FORM OF THE MALIGN PRIMARCH MAGNUS THE RED MADE LANDFALL DURING THEIR ENCOUNTER. THE WOLVES WERE EVENTUALLY REMOVED FROM THE FIELD AS THE PSYCHIC MIGHT OF THE TRAITORS WAS ENHANCED BY THE WARP ALTERING ENERGIES OF THE ARTIFACT.
- THE NECRONS THAT HAD FOUGHT FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE PLANET WERE MYSTERIOUSLY ABSENT FROM THE FINAL BATTLES, AND THE LOCATION THEY WERE INTENDING TO DEFEND WAS QUICKLY OVERCOME AND DESTROYED BY THE CRIMSON STALKERS SPACE MARINES.
- OUR BROTHER SKITARII AND MECHANICUS FORCES VALIANTLY DEFENDED THEIR POWER STATION AGAINST THE ADEPTUS CUSTODES SOLDIERS THAT CAME TO DESTROY IT. REPORTS FROM AFTER THE BATTLE SHOW THAT THE MECHANICUS FORCES WON ENOUGH TIME TO ESCAPE TO THEIR COMMAND SHIPS AND ESCAPE THE SYSTEM BEFORE THE PLANET FELL ENTIRELY INTO ENEMY HANDS.
- THE IMPERIAL GUARD PENAL LEGION TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST THE DEATH GUARD FORCES ASSAULTING THE POWER STATION THEY WERE TO DEFEND. AFTER THE PLAGUE SPREADING MONSTERS ADVANCED TOWARDS THEIR OBJECTIVE, THE MILITARUM FORCES RECEIVED PRIORITY ORDERS AND TOOK TO THEIR LANDING CRAFT TO MOVE TO A MORE IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OFF WORLD. THIS LEAD DIRECTLY TO THE DEATH GUARD DESTROYING THE POWER STATION AND WINNING THE DAY FOR THE ATTACKERS.
- ANOTHER HOST OF SPACE WOLVES AT ONE OF THE SOUTHERN POWER STATIONS DEFENDED THEIR CHARGE AGAINST A MASSIVE HOST OF NECRONS IN A HUGE BATTLE INVOLVING TITANIC UNITS AND ANTI-TITAN WEAPONRY. THE WOLVES FOUGHT VALIANTLY BUT THE NECRONTYR FORCES WERE ABLE TO SEND VOLLY AFTER VOLLY OF ENERGY WEAPON FIRE INTO THE GENERATOR, DESTROYING IT WHERE IT STOOD.
- THE STORM LORDS SPACE MARINES WERE ABLE TO DEFEND THEIR GENERATOR FROM AN ATTACKING NECRON FORCE OF A MUCH SMALLER SIZE, ALBEIT WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE. THE MARINES WERE ABLE TO QUIT THE WORLD BEFORE THEIR DEFENSES WERE OVERTAKEN, PROVING THEIR MANEUVERABILITY AGAINST THE ADVANCING METALIC ENEMIES.
- THE MANUFACTORUM CONTAINING ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL, HIS INNER CIRCLE OF TECH PRIESTS, AND THE ARTIFACT THAT STARTED THE CONFLICT IN THE FIRST PLACE, WAS OVERCOME BY THE ATTACKING FORCES WHEN THE DEFENSES FELL AROUND IT. THE ATTACKING FORCES THAT ARRIVED FIRST FOUND THE INNER SANCTUM FILLED WITH ROILING WARP ENERGIES AND THE WARPED BODIES OF NUMEROUS TECH ADEPTS THAT HAD SEEMINGLY MELDED WITH THE MACHINERY AROUND THEM BY THE CORUSCATING BREACH IN REALITY. ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, AND THE ARTIFACT WAS FOUND SHATTERED INTO A DOZEN PIECES. THE PARTS WERE QUICKLY SEIZED BY THE ATTACKERS AND REMOVED FROM THE PLANET BEFORE THE TECTONIC PLATES WERE DESTABILIZED BY THE NEW PORTAL TO THE IMMATRIUM.
- THE FOLLOWERS OF NURGLE AND TZEENTCH REMAINED ON THE PLANET AS IT WAS SWOLLOWED BY THE WARP, THE OTHER FORCES RETREATING TO THE SAFETY OF OPEN SPACE.
- IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT OUTLYING IMPERIAL WORLDS BE WARNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ASSAULT FROM THE REMAINING ATTACKERS THAT FLED THE SYSTEM.
- EVER YOUR FAITHFUL SERVANT, WE WILL MAINTAIN WATCH OVER THE SECTOR AND REPORT ANY SIGHTING OF THE ARCHMAGOS DIRECTLY. IF HE HAS FALLEN TO THE WARP, WE ARE SURE HE WILL BE SEEN AGAIN.
- OMNISSIAH BE WITH US ALL. EYES OF MARS SIGNING OUT.
SENDING TO ARCHMAGOS GRANTH - UNKNOWN LOCATION
- TROVAX VI IS LOST TO THE MECHANICUM. THE ASSAULT ON THE PLANET BY THE ATTACKING FORCES PROVED TO BE TOO MUCH FOR THE DEFENDING ARMIES, EVENTUALLY OVERTAKING THE HIDDEN MANUFACTORUM AND CUTTING OFF SURROUNDING POWER STATIONS DURING A CRUCIAL MOMENT IN THE ACTIVATION PROTOCOLS OF THE DISCOVERED ARTIFACT. FINAL BATTLE REPORTS INCLUDED BELOW FOR FUTURE RESEARCH.
- ORK FORCES INDIGENOUS TO TROVAX VI ATTAMPTED TO PREVENT THE UNKNOWN MARINE CHAPTER FROM DESTROYING THE REMOTE POWER STATION IN THEIR SECTOR. OVERWHELMING FIREPOWER WON THE DAY AS THE MARINES MOVED UNPHASED THROUGH A HAIL OF UNFOCUSED FIRE. MIGHTY BOLTER AND STRONG ARMOR SAW THAT THE ORKS WERE ROUTED, THEIR WARBOSS CUT DOWN IN THE FINAL MOMENTS AND SIGNALING THE BREAKING OF THE HORDE.
- REPORTS OF THE SPACE WOLVES MEETING THEIR HATED FOES, THE THOUSAND SONS TRAITOR LEGION, CLAIM THAT THE FORM OF THE MALIGN PRIMARCH MAGNUS THE RED MADE LANDFALL DURING THEIR ENCOUNTER. THE WOLVES WERE EVENTUALLY REMOVED FROM THE FIELD AS THE PSYCHIC MIGHT OF THE TRAITORS WAS ENHANCED BY THE WARP ALTERING ENERGIES OF THE ARTIFACT.
- THE NECRONS THAT HAD FOUGHT FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE PLANET WERE MYSTERIOUSLY ABSENT FROM THE FINAL BATTLES, AND THE LOCATION THEY WERE INTENDING TO DEFEND WAS QUICKLY OVERCOME AND DESTROYED BY THE CRIMSON STALKERS SPACE MARINES.
- OUR BROTHER SKITARII AND MECHANICUS FORCES VALIANTLY DEFENDED THEIR POWER STATION AGAINST THE ADEPTUS CUSTODES SOLDIERS THAT CAME TO DESTROY IT. REPORTS FROM AFTER THE BATTLE SHOW THAT THE MECHANICUS FORCES WON ENOUGH TIME TO ESCAPE TO THEIR COMMAND SHIPS AND ESCAPE THE SYSTEM BEFORE THE PLANET FELL ENTIRELY INTO ENEMY HANDS.
- THE IMPERIAL GUARD PENAL LEGION TOOK THE FIELD AGAINST THE DEATH GUARD FORCES ASSAULTING THE POWER STATION THEY WERE TO DEFEND. AFTER THE PLAGUE SPREADING MONSTERS ADVANCED TOWARDS THEIR OBJECTIVE, THE MILITARUM FORCES RECEIVED PRIORITY ORDERS AND TOOK TO THEIR LANDING CRAFT TO MOVE TO A MORE IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE OFF WORLD. THIS LEAD DIRECTLY TO THE DEATH GUARD DESTROYING THE POWER STATION AND WINNING THE DAY FOR THE ATTACKERS.
- ANOTHER HOST OF SPACE WOLVES AT ONE OF THE SOUTHERN POWER STATIONS DEFENDED THEIR CHARGE AGAINST A MASSIVE HOST OF NECRONS IN A HUGE BATTLE INVOLVING TITANIC UNITS AND ANTI-TITAN WEAPONRY. THE WOLVES FOUGHT VALIANTLY BUT THE NECRONTYR FORCES WERE ABLE TO SEND VOLLY AFTER VOLLY OF ENERGY WEAPON FIRE INTO THE GENERATOR, DESTROYING IT WHERE IT STOOD.
- THE STORM LORDS SPACE MARINES WERE ABLE TO DEFEND THEIR GENERATOR FROM AN ATTACKING NECRON FORCE OF A MUCH SMALLER SIZE, ALBEIT WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURE. THE MARINES WERE ABLE TO QUIT THE WORLD BEFORE THEIR DEFENSES WERE OVERTAKEN, PROVING THEIR MANEUVERABILITY AGAINST THE ADVANCING METALIC ENEMIES.
- THE MANUFACTORUM CONTAINING ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL, HIS INNER CIRCLE OF TECH PRIESTS, AND THE ARTIFACT THAT STARTED THE CONFLICT IN THE FIRST PLACE, WAS OVERCOME BY THE ATTACKING FORCES WHEN THE DEFENSES FELL AROUND IT. THE ATTACKING FORCES THAT ARRIVED FIRST FOUND THE INNER SANCTUM FILLED WITH ROILING WARP ENERGIES AND THE WARPED BODIES OF NUMEROUS TECH ADEPTS THAT HAD SEEMINGLY MELDED WITH THE MACHINERY AROUND THEM BY THE CORUSCATING BREACH IN REALITY. ARCHMAGOS CROMWELL WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, AND THE ARTIFACT WAS FOUND SHATTERED INTO A DOZEN PIECES. THE PARTS WERE QUICKLY SEIZED BY THE ATTACKERS AND REMOVED FROM THE PLANET BEFORE THE TECTONIC PLATES WERE DESTABILIZED BY THE NEW PORTAL TO THE IMMATRIUM.
- THE FOLLOWERS OF NURGLE AND TZEENTCH REMAINED ON THE PLANET AS IT WAS SWOLLOWED BY THE WARP, THE OTHER FORCES RETREATING TO THE SAFETY OF OPEN SPACE.
- IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT OUTLYING IMPERIAL WORLDS BE WARNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ASSAULT FROM THE REMAINING ATTACKERS THAT FLED THE SYSTEM.
- EVER YOUR FAITHFUL SERVANT, WE WILL MAINTAIN WATCH OVER THE SECTOR AND REPORT ANY SIGHTING OF THE ARCHMAGOS DIRECTLY. IF HE HAS FALLEN TO THE WARP, WE ARE SURE HE WILL BE SEEN AGAIN.
- OMNISSIAH BE WITH US ALL. EYES OF MARS SIGNING OUT.