NPCStanding at attention before you — as clumsily as his gawky figure would suggest — is a gangling young fellow, with a neck so long, his head looks like a servo-skull floating above his shoulders. "P-private Ruban Khroshovach! Persimmon to— ack, permission to salute!"
YOU"Do you realise where we are? Why there is a strange energy barrier around the palace perimeter?"
NPC"I don't know what you're talking about, my lord/lady. You should ask someone with quicker wits — I'm not used to such talk."
YOU"Do you realise where we are? Why there is a strange energy barrier around the palace perimeter?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Been at your post long?"
NPC"Not long enough to be tired. I only just relieved Sauerback. The one who's been assigned to keep an eye on us all, but who can't even follow the uniform regulations. He got himself all dirty the other day dragging enemy corpses."
YOU"Do you realise where we are? Why there is a strange energy barrier around the palace perimeter?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Been at your post long?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"A pilot, then?"
NPC"Yes, sir/ma'am. No good to anyone on solid ground."
NPC"I recently heard that some noble positions got hit by artillery, it seems. The banners scattered like a flock of birds. I wish I knew who it was."
YOU"Do you realise where we are? Why there is a strange energy barrier around the palace perimeter?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Been at your post long?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"A pilot, then?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your regiment's a little out of the ordinary, I see..."
NPC"I know you'll think everyone says this about themselves, but if it wasn't for petty nitpicking, I wouldn't be here. 'Unauthorised touching of a consecrated perimeter'? Well, where was I supposed to sit, in mid-air? 'Desecration of a shrine'? It's not like I smoked the place out on purpose." Ruban heaves a sigh, as if coming to terms with his sentence all over again. "Anyway, I'm not complaining. How else would I have got into the Astra Militarum? My health's not good. But they're not picky in the penal legion. God-Emperor willing, I won't die before I can prove I'm worth something."
YOU"Do you realise where we are? Why there is a strange energy barrier around the palace perimeter?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Been at your post long?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"A pilot, then?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your regiment's a little out of the ordinary, I see..."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I have seen what you will become. A hero."
NPCThe soldier listens in bewilderment to your lamentable tale of the pilot and his pleas that were answered only by the silence of space.
NPCAnd of the distant planet Zarkov, where the people honour his memory.
NPC"You tell a good tale! And a planet named after a sergeant... what a laugh!"
YOU"Do you realise where we are? Why there is a strange energy barrier around the palace perimeter?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Been at your post long?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"A pilot, then?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your regiment's a little out of the ordinary, I see..."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I have seen what you will become. A hero."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I can see you are a good, honest soldier. But they're not all like you, are they?"
NPC"You're right. That Sergeant Vukchik, for one. You can put a void rat in a uniform, but that doesn't make them a soldier. I'll tell you this: when Vukchik's around, keep your valuables close."
YOU"Do you realise where we are? Why there is a strange energy barrier around the palace perimeter?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Been at your post long?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"A pilot, then?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your regiment's a little out of the ordinary, I see..."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I have seen what you will become. A hero."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I can see you are a good, honest soldier. But they're not all like you, are they?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What are people saying about the Gaprak reinforcements?"
NPC"It's not for me to know, so I don't listen. But they all say the same thing: without reinforcements, we'll be in trouble. That's why I keep both ears shut — no point in stirring up fear."
YOU"Do you realise where we are? Why there is a strange energy barrier around the palace perimeter?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Been at your post long?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"A pilot, then?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your regiment's a little out of the ordinary, I see..."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I have seen what you will become. A hero."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I can see you are a good, honest soldier. But they're not all like you, are they?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What are people saying about the Gaprak reinforcements?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"So long, soldier."
NPCKhroshovach fervently makes the sign of the Aquila, trying to pour all his reverence into the gesture.
end of branch
YOU"So long, soldier."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What are people saying about the Gaprak reinforcements?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"So long, soldier."continues where this line first appears above
NPC"You tell a good tale! And a planet named after a sergeant... what a laugh!"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I can see you are a good, honest soldier. But they're not all like you, are they?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What are people saying about the Gaprak reinforcements?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"So long, soldier."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I have seen what you will become. A hero."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I can see you are a good, honest soldier. But they're not all like you, are they?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What are people saying about the Gaprak reinforcements?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"So long, soldier."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your regiment's a little out of the ordinary, I see..."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I have seen what you will become. A hero."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I can see you are a good, honest soldier. But they're not all like you, are they?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What are people saying about the Gaprak reinforcements?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"So long, soldier."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"A pilot, then?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your regiment's a little out of the ordinary, I see..."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I have seen what you will become. A hero."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I can see you are a good, honest soldier. But they're not all like you, are they?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What are people saying about the Gaprak reinforcements?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"So long, soldier."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Been at your post long?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"A pilot, then?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Your regiment's a little out of the ordinary, I see..."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I have seen what you will become. A hero."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I can see you are a good, honest soldier. But they're not all like you, are they?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What are people saying about the Gaprak reinforcements?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"So long, soldier."continues where this line first appears above