Gamma"Lord Captain, after the unsealing of Lady Theodora's secret workshop on Kiava Gamma, an epidemic of mysterious tech-leprosy has broken out. Augments mutate into distorted forms, killing their hosts. Machines and even entire assembly halls break apart into fragments that devour each other, fusing into grotesque and insane forms. The Omega-18 manufactorum, the epicentre of the epidemic, is cordoned off, but the disease will burst out of there sooner or later."
YOU"What is known about this disease?"
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Gamma"We have not faced anything like this before. The plague only affects mechanisms, forcing them to transform and lose all functionality. No one has been able to provide insight into the nature of this disease or how it found its way into Lady Theodora's secret workshop. It is possible that some secret research was being carried out there."
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Gamma"Your special servants, who bear knowledge of the prior desecration of Kiava Gamma, are as susceptible to the disease as any other person. They have assured me the disease has nothing to do with the Ruinous Powers and comes from a xenos source."
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YOU"I wish to listen to the suggestions of my advisors."
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Gamma"The eradication of the infection is the highest priority, but to completely eradicate the manufactorum serving as the epicentre is to inflict serious damage to the resource supply. This unit... I can propose another method of purging. However, the sacraments of the Omnissiah that are available to me cannot be revealed to the laity. I ask that you place your trust in me."
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Gamma"Shereen, do not be so hasty with this purge. This phenomenon may be of interest to other specialists. There are many who do not agree that all Knowledge belongs solely to cogs. What appears to be a plague could hold amazing possibilities. If we could isolate the manufactorum and let these inquisitive minds inside, they would happily compensate us for the loss of production capacity."
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Gamma"I have suppressed eighteen different epidemics aboard the flagship, and our officers have experience in setting up quarantines. We will send them to Kiava Gamma to lead the Tech-Purgator squads. They will not return from the epicentre until the infection is eradicated and the preventive exclusion zone is taken down."
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Gamma"Even metal dies eventually, scarred by corrosion. To combat those who have stripped away their flesh and replaced it with machinery, the Bloodspun Web has procured a remedy, an acidic compound that burns through steel. We stand ready to help. To burn out this tech-leprosy."
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YOU"Do as you wish, Pasqal. You have my permission."
Gamma"Your request is accepted. I shall withdraw to perform the sacrament."
GammaThe Tech-Priests, armed with a mysterious device they assembled according to the instructions of Magos Haneumann, entered the bowels of the manufactorum. What happened there is unknown. Reports speak of a blue and green flash that illuminated the manufactorum, and the epidemic subsided overnight. The distorted mechanisms were honourably melted down, and so were the bodies of the dead Tech-Priests who carried the machine of Magos Haneumann, as well as the burnt remains of the machine itself. The eminent Magos refused to comment on his chosen method of purging, calling it a "revelation of the Omnissiah that he himself could not comprehend before it left him."
GammaMany of the Tech-Priests who had once maintained this manufactorum were left without a function and transferred to serve aboard the Rogue Trader's ship.
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YOU"Kibellah, let the spinners share their secret."
Gamma"Death is the same for all things. Only the Undying One is eternal."
GammaThe Kiava Gamma manufactorums began production of the compound given to them by the Bloodspun Web. In tanks of armaglass, it was sent to the pockets of infestation and sprayed on warped machines and affected people. The workshops were cleared of tech-mutations.
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YOU"Launch an atomic strike on the centre of the epidemic and incinerate the plague."
Gamma"Your will be done."
GammaThe bombardment with megaton shells wiped the manufactorum out. The epidemic had subsided, but the loss of the grand workshops affected the production capacity of the world.
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YOU"Abelard, send our officers to organise the quarantine and purge."
Gamma"It will be done, Your Lordship/Ladyship!"
GammaBy the heroic efforts of the Tech-Purgators, the manufactorum was purged of the disease, sector by sector. The affected machines and dead bodies were consigned to the sacred plasma flames.
GammaThe tightened quarantine measures imposed by the more experienced officers have prevented the corruption from entering other manufactorums, and the disease did not spread any further.
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YOU"Send Tech-Purgator squads into the centre of the epidemic."
Gamma"Your will be done."
GammaBy the heroic efforts of the Tech-Purgators, the manufactorum was purged of the disease, sector by sector. The affected machines and dead bodies were consigned to the sacred plasma flames.
GammaHowever, after the Tech-Purgators returned to their workshops, new, smaller outbreaks of tech-mutations were detected. They did not come as a surprise and were isolated quickly, but the production processes of the planet suffered some damage.
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YOU"Isolate the manufactorum. Jae, invite those who would be willing to pay for the chance to study this tech-leprosy."
Gamma"Oh, you will not regret it, shereen!"
GammaThe mysterious "interested parties" arrived on the planet with an entourage comprised of malateks, excommunicated technomats, and shady-looking scholars. Without even trying to haggle, they paid exorbitant sums to obtain access to the previously unknown xenodisease, and then headed off into the bowels of the dying manufactorum.
GammaA cure for the mysterious disease has still not been identified, but the study of the tech-leprosy strain has made it possible to control samples of the disease using magnetic impulses and turn it into a dangerous weapon.
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YOU"Create an exclusion zone around the manufactorum. We must study this plague and find a cure for it."
Gamma"Your will be done."
GammaA cure for the mysterious disease has still not been identified, but the study of the tech-leprosy strain has made it possible to control samples of the disease using magnetic impulses and turn it into a dangerous weapon.