Serenada Schwartz"I would comply, Lord Captain, but I have unfinished business." The woman grins viciously and tips the barrel of her autopistol toward the hostage.
YOU"The Vivisector was not responsible for your son's death. You may consider your revenge complete."
YOU"You have endured a great deal. There will be no more suffering. I promise to spare you — just let the hostage go."
YOU[Give the sniper the order]
MotherTucking your hand behind your back, you make an imperceptible movement with your fingers. A shot rings out, and the woman in front of you drops to the deck.
MotherAs soon as the body touches the deck, the figures around you begin to move: Sauerback commands the enforcers to examine the room, and medicae officers begin to bustle about, bringing the Sector Bionica into some semblance of order.
Mother"Thank you for saving my life, Lord Captain." Martinax rasps, pale as a sheet. Pressing a hand to his bloody head, he bows awkwardly. "Please excuse me, but my presence is needed in the operating chamber. Genetor Ferrenz is in grave condition..."
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Vivisector Martinax"Thank you for saving my life, Lord Captain," Martinax rasps, pale as a sheet. Straightening up, he fixes his robe and bows deeply to you. "You are a blessing of the God-Emperor descended to us mere mortals. I would thank you more, but my presence is needed in the operating chamber. Genetor Ferrenz is in grave condition..."
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YOU[Knock the pistol out of her hands]
YOU"Vivisector Martinax is a medicae ready to lay down his life for his patients. I stake my honour on this."
MotherThe weapon in the woman's hands noticeably trembles. "If anyone else had said this, I wouldn't listen. But you... and your achievements... You command reverence from so many throughout the Imperium." She falls silent for a time, consumed by her doubts.
Serenada SchwartzYour interlocutor looks at you intently — her eyes are swollen from crying, but her gaze remains steely and focused. "You're not lying, are you? You wouldn't lie." The autopistol falls from her hands to the deck with a clatter.
Serenada SchwartzThe woman who has lost her child sits on the deck with her head hanging limply. She does not tremble or spit curses. She stares blankly at the floor — into the abyss that only she knows.
YOU[Execute the perpetrator]
MotherAs soon as the body touches the deck, the figures around you begin to move: Sauerback commands the enforcers to examine the room, and medicae officers begin to bustle about, bringing the Sector Bionica into some semblance of order.continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I grant you forgiveness. Sauerback, take her back to the deck she came from and let her go."
Serenada SchwartzThe woman raises her startled gaze to you. However, the fire in her eyes lasts only a split second before she once again loses interest in you and everything going on around her.
Vivisector Martinax"Thank you for saving my life, Lord Captain," Martinax rasps, pale as a sheet. Straightening up, he fixes his robe and bows deeply to you. "You are a blessing of the God-Emperor descended to us mere mortals. I would thank you more, but my presence is needed in the operating chamber. Genetor Ferrenz is in grave condition..."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Sauerback, take her away. And see to it that she dies slowly."
Jocasta Sauerback"It will be done, Lord Captain."
Vivisector Martinax"Thank you for saving my life, Lord Captain," Martinax rasps, pale as a sheet. Straightening up, he fixes his robe and bows deeply to you. "You are a blessing of the God-Emperor descended to us mere mortals. I would thank you more, but my presence is needed in the operating chamber. Genetor Ferrenz is in grave condition..."continues where this line first appears above
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Serenada SchwartzThe autopistol shakes in the woman's hands. "I... Well. I'll have to change tack, then."
YOU"The Vivisector was not responsible for your son's death. You may consider your revenge complete."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You have endured a great deal. There will be no more suffering. I promise to spare you — just let the hostage go."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give the sniper the order]continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Knock the pistol out of her hands]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Vivisector Martinax is a medicae ready to lay down his life for his patients. I stake my honour on this."continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 4 of 19
Jocasta SauerbackThe woman shoots without thinking, but you are faster. The autopistol round veers off to the side, and, within seconds, the perpetrator is already on her knees, disarmed and restrained by enforcers. Crimson with rage, Sauerback snarls, "I will see to her punishment, Lord Captain, unless you would prefer to do it yourself."
Serenada SchwartzThe woman who has lost her child sits on the deck with her head hanging limply. She does not tremble or spit curses. She stares blankly at the floor — into the abyss that only she knows.continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 5 of 19
Mother(no text)
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Entry point 6 of 19
Serenada SchwartzThe autopistol in the woman's hands shakes, the sight that was previously pointed unwaveringly at the Vivisector's head now veering away.
YOU"The Vivisector was not responsible for your son's death. You may consider your revenge complete."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You have endured a great deal. There will be no more suffering. I promise to spare you — just let the hostage go."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give the sniper the order]continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Knock the pistol out of her hands]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Vivisector Martinax is a medicae ready to lay down his life for his patients. I stake my honour on this."continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 7 of 19
Mother(no text)
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Entry point 8 of 19
Mother"I do not wish to deprive you of loyal subjects, Lord Captain. But these people are bloodsuckers, not healers. Heretics, destroying your loyal servants. It will be better without them." For a moment, the woman's voice softens.
YOU"The Vivisector was not responsible for your son's death. You may consider your revenge complete."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You have endured a great deal. There will be no more suffering. I promise to spare you — just let the hostage go."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give the sniper the order]continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Knock the pistol out of her hands]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Vivisector Martinax is a medicae ready to lay down his life for his patients. I stake my honour on this."continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 9 of 19
Serenada Schwartz"Oh really? But I haven't even got to the most important part — shooting half this wriggling worm's head off! Let him feel what it was like for my son to live out his last days."
YOU"The Vivisector was not responsible for your son's death. You may consider your revenge complete."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You have endured a great deal. There will be no more suffering. I promise to spare you — just let the hostage go."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give the sniper the order]continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Knock the pistol out of her hands]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Vivisector Martinax is a medicae ready to lay down his life for his patients. I stake my honour on this."continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 10 of 19
Serenada Schwartz"I am not afraid of torture, Lord Captain. You can do whatever you want to me. The worst nightmare of my life is already over."
YOU"The Vivisector was not responsible for your son's death. You may consider your revenge complete."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You have endured a great deal. There will be no more suffering. I promise to spare you — just let the hostage go."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give the sniper the order]continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Knock the pistol out of her hands]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Vivisector Martinax is a medicae ready to lay down his life for his patients. I stake my honour on this."continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 11 of 19
Argenta(no text)
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Entry point 12 of 19
Serenada SchwartzYour interlocutor shakes her head, keeping her eyes on her victim. "They're all connected. They are all one festering wound on the body of your crew..."
YOU"The Vivisector was not responsible for your son's death. You may consider your revenge complete."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You have endured a great deal. There will be no more suffering. I promise to spare you — just let the hostage go."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give the sniper the order]continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Knock the pistol out of her hands]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Vivisector Martinax is a medicae ready to lay down his life for his patients. I stake my honour on this."continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 13 of 19
Mother"People are replaceable, aren't they? You find yourself new butchers, and let these ones go to the void rats' table, the same place they send their patients, and where they sent my son."
YOU"The Vivisector was not responsible for your son's death. You may consider your revenge complete."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You have endured a great deal. There will be no more suffering. I promise to spare you — just let the hostage go."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give the sniper the order]continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Knock the pistol out of her hands]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Vivisector Martinax is a medicae ready to lay down his life for his patients. I stake my honour on this."continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 14 of 19
Serenada SchwartzThe woman's face contorts into a crazed smile. "Spare me? No, people like me don't need mercy. That's not what I'm here for."
Mother(sequence)
MotherGlaito seems to materialise out of thin air, like a ghost, and clamps his jaws down on her leg with a crunch. As she falls, she manages to point her autopistol at you and fire — before a round from Solomorne's weapon turns her head into a fountain of bloody shreds.
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MotherAn autopistol round lightly singes your hair, but misses you. The woman falls to the ground, hit by the return shot. As her body hits the deck, the figures around you move, Sauerback barking orders.
Mother"Thank you for saving my life, Lord Captain." Martinax rasps, pale as a sheet. Pressing a hand to his bloody head, he bows awkwardly. "Please excuse me, but my presence is needed in the operating chamber. Genetor Ferrenz is in grave condition..."continues where this line first appears above
Vivisector Martinax"Thank you for saving my life, Lord Captain," Martinax rasps, pale as a sheet. Straightening up, he fixes his robe and bows deeply to you. "You are a blessing of the God-Emperor descended to us mere mortals. I would thank you more, but my presence is needed in the operating chamber. Genetor Ferrenz is in grave condition..."continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 15 of 19
Serenada SchwartzYour tone is cold enough the chill the bones: the woman flinches and looks at you, as if realising for the first time exactly who is talking to her.
YOU"The Vivisector was not responsible for your son's death. You may consider your revenge complete."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You have endured a great deal. There will be no more suffering. I promise to spare you — just let the hostage go."continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Give the sniper the order]continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Knock the pistol out of her hands]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Vivisector Martinax is a medicae ready to lay down his life for his patients. I stake my honour on this."continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 16 of 19
Mother(no text)
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Entry point 17 of 19
Serenada SchwartzThe woman shoots quickly and professionally, without hesitation. Thanks to your reaction, the autopistol round penetrates the medicae officer's body more to the left than planned — he falls to the floor, clutching his head, his hands instantly drenched with red.
Jocasta SauerbackA few seconds of commotion, and the perpetrator is already on her knees, disarmed and restrained by enforcers. Crimson with rage, Sauerback snarls, "I will see to her punishment, Lord Captain, unless you would prefer to do it yourself."
YOU[Execute the perpetrator]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I grant you forgiveness. Sauerback, take her back to the deck she came from and let her go."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Sauerback, take her away. And see to it that she dies slowly."continues where this line first appears above
Entry point 18 of 19
Serenada Schwartz(no text)
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Entry point 19 of 19
Jocasta SauerbackThe smell of promethium and burned flesh stings your nostrils. The usually crowded medicae facility seems empty and quiet. Shrapnel mixed with bloody debris crunches under your feet. Enforcers cluster near the site of the explosion. Sauerback quickly turns to you, exclaiming, "Lord Captain! You're already here!"
Jocasta Sauerback"The perpetrator broke in during the guard change, detonated a frag grenade, and started firing on everyone. We blocked her escape route, but the scum managed to take a hostage. She is only willing to talk to you, and the sniper needs time to get into position. Sector Bionica staff have been injured." Sauerback's gaze momentarily shifts to Genetor Ferrenz, lying on the deck by the enforcers' feet. His body has been crushed and his mechadendrites have nearly been severed from him by the shockwave.
YOU"My Genetor! Is he dead?"
Jocasta Sauerback"I don't know. But he was in the blast zone when the explosion happened. The attack was probably aimed at him."
YOU"My Genetor! Is he dead?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who did this and why?"
Serenada SchwartzA loud voice cuts Sauerback off mid-sentence: "No talking among yourselves! Did you bastards not hear me the first time? All eyes on me!" The enforcers part slightly, and you see a woman in voidsman armour. The autopistol in her hands is pointed directly at the head of the hostage, Vivisector Martinax. Her gaze rests on you — for a moment, she seems surprised, as if she did not expect such a lofty personage to agree to speak to her.
YOU"So you're the one destroying my medicae facility... Present yourself to your Lord Captain."
Serenada Schwartz"Serenada Schwartz, Deck 2 Voidsman Unit... But what's the point?" The woman huffs a laugh, bitter and sad. "You'll get my name from one of the Administratum minions once all this is over."
YOU"So you're the one destroying my medicae facility... Present yourself to your Lord Captain."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you wish to speak to me?"
Serenada Schwartz"You... You should know what your medicae officers are doing to your people."
YOU"So you're the one destroying my medicae facility... Present yourself to your Lord Captain."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you wish to speak to me?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you do all this?"
Serenada Schwartz"The healers from the Sector Bionica killed my son. They promised me that Gnotec would come out of here good as new, but he didn't — he crawled out, dosed up on chemicals, and died in my arms, foaming at the mouth like some void rat. Is this what we served for? Is this the thanks we get for putting ourselves in harm's way? I've come to collect my debt."
YOU"So you're the one destroying my medicae facility... Present yourself to your Lord Captain."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you wish to speak to me?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you do all this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman to whom I denied an implant — he is your son?"
Serenada Schwartz"When my poor Gnotec regained consciousness, he said he saw the figure of the Lord Captain in the medbay, clothed in light. It took all the pain from his body... Your presence really did help him." The woman grits her teeth, not allowing the emotions overwhelming her to break free. The autopistol shakes in her hands.
YOU"So you're the one destroying my medicae facility... Present yourself to your Lord Captain."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you wish to speak to me?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you do all this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman to whom I denied an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman who was refused an implant — he is your son?"
Serenada Schwartz"When my poor Gnotec regained consciousness, he said he saw the figure of the Lord Captain in the medbay, clothed in light. It took all the pain from his body... Your presence really did help him." The woman grits her teeth, not allowing the emotions overwhelming her to break free. The autopistol shakes in her hands.continues where this line first appears above
Serenada Schwartz"Yes. Gnotec. He would have made sergeant of Deck 2 Voidsman Unit someday. The pride of the Schwartz family. You were there too, as I recall... and you let him die." The expression on the woman's face shifts strangely.
YOU"So you're the one destroying my medicae facility... Present yourself to your Lord Captain."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you wish to speak to me?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you do all this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman to whom I denied an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman who was refused an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You planned to kill Genetor Ferrenz?"
Serenada Schwartz"Yeah, you bet I did. I managed to sneak a naval frag grenade in here — I knew I couldn't take the crimson priest without it. I doubt the cog's going to get up again, and this one..." The woman casts a brief glance at the Vivisector. "This wriggling worm was lucky that the enforcers reacted quickly and drew the fire back on themselves. But his luck will run out soon enough."
YOU"So you're the one destroying my medicae facility... Present yourself to your Lord Captain."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you wish to speak to me?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you do all this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman to whom I denied an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman who was refused an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You planned to kill Genetor Ferrenz?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Step closer]
Vivisector MartinaxBarely audibly, the frozen Vivisector hisses, "In the name of the God-Emperor, hurry... he can still be helped..." You notice that his gaze is fixed on the seemingly dead Tech-Priest on the deck.
YOU"What happened does not give you the right to kill my people. They are subjects of the God-Emperor, who bleed for Humanity — just like you!"
YOU"What you have done here is not the answer. You will not achieve anything with your stunt. Let the hostage go."
YOU"I could turn your punishment into something worse than death... Did you ever consider that?"
YOU"Put down your weapon. That is an order from your Lord Captain."
YOU[Step closer]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You planned to kill Genetor Ferrenz?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Step closer]continues where this line first appears above
Serenada Schwartz"Yes. Gnotec. He would have made sergeant of Deck 2 Voidsman Unit someday. The pride of the Schwartz family. You were there too, as I recall... and you let him die." The expression on the woman's face shifts strangely.continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman who was refused an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You planned to kill Genetor Ferrenz?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Step closer]continues where this line first appears above
Mother(sequence)
Kibellah"Those who seek gratitude for service wander in darkness. Your thread will be severed." The hissing voice of Kibellah blends with the sharp scrape of blades leaving their scabbards.
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YOU"The voidsman to whom I denied an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman who was refused an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You planned to kill Genetor Ferrenz?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Step closer]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you do all this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman to whom I denied an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman who was refused an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You planned to kill Genetor Ferrenz?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Step closer]continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you wish to speak to me?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Why did you do all this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman to whom I denied an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"The voidsman who was refused an implant — he is your son?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"You planned to kill Genetor Ferrenz?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU[Step closer]continues where this line first appears above
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IdiraIdira lets out a choked gasp, then turns, fixing you with an unfocused stare. The voice that speaks is not her own. It is too soft, too high, too sorrowful. "The grief of a beast whose cub has become a plaything in human hands is not easily softened, Rogue Trader. Do you possess enough compassion within you to soothe her sorrows?" The psyker falls silent, then is seized by a fit of dry coughing.
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YOU"What about the hostage?"
Serenada SchwartzA loud voice cuts Sauerback off mid-sentence: "No talking among yourselves! Did you bastards not hear me the first time? All eyes on me!" The enforcers part slightly, and you see a woman in voidsman armour. The autopistol in her hands is pointed directly at the head of the hostage, Vivisector Martinax. Her gaze rests on you — for a moment, she seems surprised, as if she did not expect such a lofty personage to agree to speak to her.continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who did this and why?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What about the hostage?"continues where this line first appears above