Janus"Troubling news has arrived from Janus, Your Lordship/Ladyship. While digging an irrigation ditch, workers found a xeno-obelisk made of unknown material. It was delivered to a laboratorium and subjected to a number of tests, one of which caused... a reaction. The obelisk generated a low-frequency vibration, and the events that followed were catastrophic."
Janus"A series of anomalies were recorded in the Epsilon II Majoris region — it is almost like Janus itself is fighting us there. Many logistical chains have been disrupted. The only people who visit the uncontrolled territory are the retches fleeing deeper into the region in greater and greater numbers. The observers report strange fires in the sky at night, completely imperceptible to the augurs."
YOU"What exactly is happening there?"
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Janus"The vegetation demonstrated a remarkable ability for wild growth — it took the plants only two days to overrun the agri-complexes in the region. Extinct species of local megafauna have been spotted in the newly formed jungle, aggressive and acting in unnatural cohesion."
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Janus"Governor Vyatt relayed a message that neither she nor her retinue understand the nature of this anomaly but are deeply concerned and advise its immediate eradication."
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Janus"The xenos you allowed to stay on Janus advised your servants to abstain from visiting the region and then ceased virtually all communication."
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YOU"How are the retches involved?"
Janus"We do not know. It is as if they all received a signal telling them to abandon their work and rush deep into the afflicted territory."
Janus"We purged most of the miscreants as per your orders. Only a few dozen at most managed to sneak into the region."
YOU"What exactly is happening there?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How are the retches involved?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Permission to advise granted. I await your proposals."
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Janus"Janus's natural world is rising up? It is a lucky coincidence that the planet boasts experts who specialise in both controlling and destroying life. Reports from the Magos Biologis chapel make no mention of storing weapons of mass destruction, but I have no doubt they possess some. They always do. I see no reason not to let them use them against all this, whatever it is."
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Janus"Deployment of fortified research stations in the affected sectors is recommended. The benefit of gathering more information justifies the increased casualty rate among personnel."
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Janus"The retches know more about this pestilent growth than we do, something we must quickly rectify. We should capture some of these mutants and force them to cooperate — that way we can learn what it is we are dealing with."
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Janus"To learn how the retches are connected to the phenomena occurring in the local biota, the only reliable method is to perform dissections on several specimens. To examine their brains in exhaustive detail, documenting every step, and to comprehend the effect the anomaly has on them. Such investigations shall bring us closer to the truth and to an understanding of Janus's true nature."
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YOU"Begin the purge of the tainted region. The Magos Biologis are cleared to employ weapons of mass destruction."
Janus"The rebelling wilds will soon become a scorched wasteland. A job well done, I say."
JanusThe assault on the corrupted region began. The campaign led to unexpected and inexplicable anxiety among the peasantry. The Lord Captain had no choice but to assume personal command and direct the operation from aboard his/her ship, boosting the soldiers' morale and demonstrating his/her military prowess.
JanusThe tip of the spear was comprised of Skitarii maniples armed with radium carbines, phosphex bombs, and other equally fearsome weaponry. The land that they left in their wake resembled the scarlet wastes of sacred Mars.
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YOU"Methodically eliminate everything in the region. Plants, animals, retches — everything."
Janus"It will be done, Your Lordship/Ladyship."
JanusThe assault on the corrupted region began. The campaign led to unexpected and inexplicable anxiety among the peasantry. The Lord Captain had no choice but to assume personal command and direct the operation from aboard his/her ship, boosting the soldiers' morale and demonstrating his/her military prowess.continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Set up research outposts in the affected sector."
Janus"May the Omnissiah be merciful to the souls of those who will give their lives in the name of obtaining Knowledge."
JanusThe scouts who ventured into the heart of the afflicted region discovered ancient xenos creations emerging from the ground. The jungle reacted to the incursion by expanding and swallowing up some of the neighbouring agri-complexes.
JanusFortified observation stations were set up in the largest clusters of ruins. The priceless data and artefacts collected there were paid for with the lives of the many watchmen who fought against the onslaught of Janus's enraged wilds.
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YOU"Send in the scouts. Let us see what they manage to find."
Janus"It will be done, Your Lordship/Ladyship."
JanusThe scouts who ventured into the heart of the afflicted region discovered ancient xenos creations emerging from the ground. The jungle reacted to the incursion by expanding and swallowing up some of the neighbouring agri-complexes.continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Isolate the region and start rounding up the retches. Make them tell us the truth about what is happening."
Janus"I am sending specialists to Janus capable of forcing compliance."
JanusThe afflicted region was isolated. Soon after the quarantine had been imposed, one of the escaped retches emerged from the jungle and handed the wardens who met him a parcel containing some kind of xeno-artefact and a message: "Accept the gifts and leave the world in peace."
JanusThe retch was thoroughly interrogated, and so were dozens of other captive mutants. What little they were able to tell was of no significant value — most of it was nonsensical peasant superstition, although all the retches as one claimed that if the afflicted region was left alone, it would not expand. This assertion was soon confirmed, and the neighbouring agri-complexes soon resumed normal operation.
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YOU"Isolate the region and commence research. We must understand what we are dealing with."
Janus"It will be done, Your Lordship/Ladyship."
JanusThe afflicted region was isolated. Soon after the quarantine had been imposed, one of the escaped retches emerged from the jungle and handed the wardens who met him a parcel containing some kind of xeno-artefact and a message: "Accept the gifts and leave the world in peace."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Study the mutants thoroughly, to establish the truth of their origin."
Janus"I am confident that the laboratories of the Magos Biologis can provide all that is necessary for an empirical investigation."
JanusBefore long, the Genetors reported their initial findings. In the very first retch examined and subjected to vivisection, they discovered modified regions of the brain that serve to establish an unidentified connection with the planet's flora and fauna.
JanusThe retch was thoroughly interrogated, and so were dozens of other captive mutants. What little they were able to tell was of no significant value — most of it was nonsensical peasant superstition, although all the retches as one claimed that if the afflicted region was left alone, it would not expand. This assertion was soon confirmed, and the neighbouring agri-complexes soon resumed normal operation.continues where this line first appears above
Janus"Some were stopped by the watchmen appointed by your order. Unfortunately, about a hundred still made their way into the region."
YOU"What exactly is happening there?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How are the retches involved?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Permission to advise granted. I await your proposals."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Begin the purge of the tainted region. The Magos Biologis are cleared to employ weapons of mass destruction."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Methodically eliminate everything in the region. Plants, animals, retches — everything."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Set up research outposts in the affected sector."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Send in the scouts. Let us see what they manage to find."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Isolate the region and start rounding up the retches. Make them tell us the truth about what is happening."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Isolate the region and commence research. We must understand what we are dealing with."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Study the mutants thoroughly, to establish the truth of their origin."continues where this line first appears above
Janus"In accordance with your decree protecting the retch populace, no one attempted to detain them. As a result, almost a thousand specimens flooded into the region."
YOU"What exactly is happening there?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"How are the retches involved?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Permission to advise granted. I await your proposals."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Begin the purge of the tainted region. The Magos Biologis are cleared to employ weapons of mass destruction."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Methodically eliminate everything in the region. Plants, animals, retches — everything."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Set up research outposts in the affected sector."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Send in the scouts. Let us see what they manage to find."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Isolate the region and start rounding up the retches. Make them tell us the truth about what is happening."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Isolate the region and commence research. We must understand what we are dealing with."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Study the mutants thoroughly, to establish the truth of their origin."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Permission to advise granted. I await your proposals."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Begin the purge of the tainted region. The Magos Biologis are cleared to employ weapons of mass destruction."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Methodically eliminate everything in the region. Plants, animals, retches — everything."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Set up research outposts in the affected sector."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Send in the scouts. Let us see what they manage to find."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Isolate the region and start rounding up the retches. Make them tell us the truth about what is happening."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Isolate the region and commence research. We must understand what we are dealing with."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Study the mutants thoroughly, to establish the truth of their origin."continues where this line first appears above
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Janus"The Chem-Princes are hastily summoning militias and getting ready to start a purifying crusade. They await Your Lordship/Ladyship's blessing."
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Janus"The Adeptus Mechanicus recommend we fence off the afflicted area. According to their hypothesis, this anomaly is the world's attempt at self-recovery and therefore should be studied, not interrupted."
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Janus"The esteemed Ultrequisitors are gathering outlaws and fortune-hunters for an expedition into the heart of the region. They assume a priceless trove of xenomechanisms is waiting for them inside."