SquadThe tiny colony is buried in an enormous yawning pit, the edges of its civilian structures barely visible even from the shuttle.
YOUExplore the surface of the colony.
SquadThe settlement was destroyed when the ground swelled up under it. The forlorn bones of dead colonists are strewn amid the rubble. On the edge of the crater, the scouts discover a tunnel entrance: apparently, there was an explosion in the cavities beneath the town, whose unsuspecting people fell instantly into the chasm that opened as a result. Near its gaping maw is a shuttle, overturned and blackened by the blast, forever motionless.
YOUInvestigate the tunnel.
SquadDeep beneath the rubble, the scouts uncover the remains of warehouses, depots, and a veritable maze of suspicious tunnels gated with airlocks. Judging by the flattened containers with half-effaced markings, the impressively vast subterranean city belonged to a smuggling syndicate.
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YOUInvestigate the shuttle.
SquadLying next to the shuttle are empty bomb containers and corpses clad in characteristic armour. The voidcraft belonged to the Adeptus Arbites. Surviving records suggest it was the Arbitrators who planted the explosives and collapsed the tunnels on top of their dwellers.
SquadSearching through the papers, you find the demolition plans. The Arbitrators knew that detonating the tunnels would bury the colony, but prioritised eliminating the criminals over preserving the lives of ordinary settlers. The documents also include a map of the Koronus Expanse containing encrypted data. It appears the Arbitrators were aware of another smugglers' cache, but in a different system.
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YOULeave the planet.
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