CorpseThe Tech-Priest's twisted, tarnished remains with splayed mechadendrites make you think of a squashed metal spider.
YOU[Examine the remains]
CorpseA powerful shot pulverised the head into a tangle of metal and cables. Your eyes linger on the sprawling metal tentacles. Never before have you seen mechadendrites so peculiarly modified. The killer must have thought the same: one of the limbs is missing, with only a dark and empty connection socket where it ought to be.
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CorpseYou move the heavy frame aside and rummage through the tangled wires and dried tubes. As you brush decayed scraps of cloth off the body, they reveal a rusted memory module.
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YOU[Connect your data-slate to the memory module]
CorpseAfter a series of dry clicks, the machine spirits awaken from their long slumber. A steady buzzing sound from within the memory module grows louder, and the data-slate screen produces a pale glow.
YOU[Obtain access to the logs]
CorpseYears of hibernation have taken their toll on the machine spirits and a flood of errors turns the screen red. The long list of journal entries left by the owner is all but completely corrupted. With luck, you might piece together useful information from the surviving fragments.
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YOU[Search the logs for the owner's name]
CorpseThe memory module belonged to the Magos Exalt-117, the Enginseer of the von Valancius flagship. It appears that your ancestor made the Enginseer part of his retinue for a landing on the planet. Exalt-117 proceeded to keep meticulous records of the expedition's progress. One can but hope that the surviving entries will lift the veil surrounding Seberian's fate.
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CorpseEntry after entry is reported as destroyed by the machine spirits, until finally you chance upon an intact fragment. "Only the Omnissiah's wisdom enables one to find the true path. But what is one to do if the calculation of that path's vector proves incorrect because of unaccounted-for variables? One such variable is Seberian's fixation on the mysteries of the xenos. His drive to pass through the sealed temple door is driving the expedition off the path I calculated. Only..." Corrupted and unreadable lines follow.
CorpseYou eagerly reread the entry. Seberian was persistent in his efforts to get past the closed door. Did he succeed, or did he turn back?
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YOU[Search the memory module for information on the sealed door]
CorpseYou pass over several corrupted entries, until one, titled "The Truth Prevails", freezes your data-slate. "For hours upon hours, I prayed to the Omnissiah while devising patterns of xenos glyphs on my mental map, until finally my processing nodes experienced an epiphany. Although the xenos language is untranslatable, a comparative analysis of the glyphs provided me with a coordinate system sufficient for the purpose, enabling me to progress. Using it helped me reduce the range of images to only three. Seberian tried each of them in turn, and one opened the desired door." A description of the glyph follows. You memorise it.
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Corpse"The effort to recover Seberian has been postponed several times now. An unpleasant hypothesis has formed at the intersection of my mental paths: not all expedition members desire his return. If events continue along the present vector, I must go and retrieve him myself. The likelihood of losing my way is small, as Seberian was planning on leaving marks behind."
CorpseWhatever happened to Seberian's retinue, it is quite likely that your ancestor's trail lies behind that door. Now you have only to find the glyph that opens it.
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CorpseThe buzz inside the memory module grows louder.
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