Gamma"Request approved. Transferring revelations on the mediator's creation."
GammaMagos Pasqal Haneumann imparted his secrets to the Omnissiah's servants on Kiava Gamma, allowing them to assemble a mediator device that softened Null Caliph's voice. The Magi then prayed to the mighty machine spirit, humbly asking it to make an alliance with the Rogue Trader and share its mysteries.
GammaAnd Null Caliph answered: halting its sacred calculation, it bestowed its favour upon the supplicants. With its tireless, unblinking eye observing the warp currents, many a traveller have been saved from peril.
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GammaNull Caliph's answer was harsh: it did not wish to be distracted from its sacred calculation or offer its capacities to aid the Rogue Trader. Only the countless lavish gifts offered to the data-loom persuaded it to share minute grains of its wisdom with mortals.
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Gamma"Let's see if the Immaterium can scare a heart of metal."
GammaA group of trained psykers attacked Null Caliph without warning. They assailed its powerful mind with their gifts of the warp, all repeating the same command: "Submit!"
GammaFor the first time in its existence, Null Caliph suffered pain, and it was unprepared for such an assault. After a fierce struggle, it ultimately yielded. The Eye of the Divine now served the Rogue Trader.
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GammaEven the power of a binharic demigod was not enough to oppose the Rogue Trader. But before its resistance was broken, the Eye of the Divine turned its gaze to the planet's manufactorums, and horrific warp manifestations claimed the lives of thousands, even disfiguring the manufactorums themselves.
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Gamma"A group of machine spirit tamer Tech-Priests will initiate the rites of purification at once."
GammaThe Tech-Priests solemnly began the ritual of binding Null Caliph in the chains of data-vows, joining it to the planet's cogitational network, all the while extracting priceless technological mysteries from its memory.
GammaFor the first time in its existence, Null Caliph suffered pain, and it was unprepared for such an assault. After a fierce struggle, it ultimately yielded. The Eye of the Divine now served the Rogue Trader.continues where this line first appears above
GammaEven the power of a binharic demigod was not enough to oppose the Rogue Trader. But before its resistance was broken, the Eye of the Divine turned its gaze to the planet's manufactorums, and horrific warp manifestations claimed the lives of thousands, even disfiguring the manufactorums themselves.continues where this line first appears above
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Gamma"Thank you, Your Lordship/Ladyship. I shall send servants to your Astropath at once."
GammaThe united army of Navigators arrived on Kiava Gamma and brought its wrath down upon the powerful data-loom. Many perished under its frenzied gaze brimming with warp energy, although their sacrifice saved the lives of countless righteous servants of the Omnissiah. At last, the data-loom was defeated.
GammaThe battle was brutal, but Null Caliph's unrelenting enemies did not fear death and continued assaulting the binharic monstrosity with all their might until finally it grew silent.
GammaThe blessed boards were carefully detached from the processing unit, forever ending Null Caliph's contemplations. These ancient cogitation modules will now serve the machine spirit of the Lord Captain's ship.
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GammaEven the power of a binharic demigod was not enough to oppose the Rogue Trader. But before its resistance was broken, the Eye of the Divine turned its gaze to the planet's manufactorums, and horrific warp manifestations claimed the lives of thousands, even disfiguring the manufactorums themselves.
GammaThe blessed boards were carefully detached from the processing unit, forever ending Null Caliph's contemplations. These ancient cogitation modules will now serve the machine spirit of the Lord Captain's ship.continues where this line first appears above
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Gamma"I will order the preparation of the assault tech-force."
GammaThe Omnissiah's warriors suffered great losses from the warp energies unleashed by Null Caliph's wrath, and yet, in their decisive assault, the data-loom was brought down.
GammaThe battle was brutal, but Null Caliph's unrelenting enemies did not fear death and continued assaulting the binharic monstrosity with all their might until finally it grew silent.continues where this line first appears above
GammaEven the power of a binharic demigod was not enough to oppose the Rogue Trader. But before its resistance was broken, the Eye of the Divine turned its gaze to the planet's manufactorums, and horrific warp manifestations claimed the lives of thousands, even disfiguring the manufactorums themselves.continues where this line first appears above
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Gamma"Your will be done."
GammaThe Lord Captain's secret artisans connected to Null Caliph's processing units and introduced pernicious doubt into its calculations. They waited for the great mechanism to hesitate for the first time in its existence, then began their merciless assault.
GammaFor the first time in its existence, Null Caliph suffered pain, and it was unprepared for such an assault. After a fierce struggle, it ultimately yielded. The Eye of the Divine now served the Rogue Trader.continues where this line first appears above
GammaEven the power of a binharic demigod was not enough to oppose the Rogue Trader. But before its resistance was broken, the Eye of the Divine turned its gaze to the planet's manufactorums, and horrific warp manifestations claimed the lives of thousands, even disfiguring the manufactorums themselves.continues where this line first appears above
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Gamma"Your will be done."
GammaMany Magi lost their lives trying to make contact with the great machine spirit before it noticed how frail their bodies and minds were before its might. Taking pity upon the servants of the Omnissiah, it softened its data-voice. The Tech-Priests then entreated the great spirit to forge an alliance with the Rogue Trader.
GammaAnd Null Caliph answered: halting its sacred calculation, it bestowed its favour upon the supplicants. With its tireless, unblinking eye observing the warp currents, many a traveller have been saved from peril.continues where this line first appears above
GammaNull Caliph's answer was harsh: it did not wish to be distracted from its sacred calculation or offer its capacities to aid the Rogue Trader. Only the countless lavish gifts offered to the data-loom persuaded it to share minute grains of its wisdom with mortals.continues where this line first appears above
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Gamma"Your Lordship/Ladyship, a cryptic message arrived from Kiava Gamma. The Fabricator-Censor reports that they have 'beheld the Eye of the Divine.' I requested details from your... less devout servants, and they clarified that the inquest group, which has been investigating the many inexplicable events that have taken place on the planet, followed a trail of mysterious binharic harmonics and came upon an ancient and abandoned data-complex. It is connected to the manufactorum by a maze of communication lines and contains a gargantuan data-loom. The mechanism's markings show that its designation — or, I should say, its rather menacing name — is Null Caliph."
Gamma"Null Caliph is immersed in sacred astrogational calculation and has shown no inclination to make contact. The Tech-Priests that connected to it were punished for the intrusion with a lethal ejection of their Motive Force. The only thing they managed to find out is that the spirit of the data-loom is not bound with the vows of compliance that would normally restrain a machine spirit of such power. This... astoundingly mighty entity bows to no one, driven only by its own aims."
YOU"What is this abandoned complex?"
Gamma"It is an ancient production facility, far older than the colony itself. Some assembly lines bear the marks of the Cognisance Fleet. Perhaps the first Explorators who came to the Koronus Expanse set up a station on the yet uninhabited planet. The station was then consumed by the developing industrial colony and eventually... forgotten. It is possible that whatever plans they had for it were so clandestine that its creators' death ended up casting it into oblivion."
YOU"What is this abandoned complex?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I want to know more about this data-loom. What is it?"
Gamma"A sacred computational mechanism of great power. Its body is vast, and the wisdom and mettle of its machine spirit would befit an Imperial Titan. Machines of such might and splendour are kept carefully hidden from the eyes of the laity and worshipped on certain planets as great logis-oracles, sacred angels of the Omnissiah, or demigods. Null Caliph's structure includes remarkable pieces of archeotech, parts of it extending far throughout Kiava Gamma like a void kraken's tentacles. We now know where the warp transmitter modified by Cubis Delphim came from — it must have been part of this mechanism."
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Gamma"The data-angels that we encountered earlier were born of its cogitational might. Full of vigour, they soar around its computational aura, which radiates into the Noosphere. Their response to our presence has been favourable thus far."
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Gamma"The data-angels that we encountered earlier were born of its cogitative might. They reacted aggressively to our intrusion into Null Caliph's brilliant Noosphere, but we already know how to deal with them."
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Gamma"Because your servants have been monitoring the execution of Procedure 0-C, they rather boldly believe that they have gained some insight into certain patterns of its supercalculation. They claim that they could help achieve an understanding with Null Caliph... or defeat it in battle."
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YOU"Do we have any idea at all what it might be calculating?"
Gamma"All we have is a hypothesis, according to which Null Caliph can... see into the warp, similar to a Navigator. Any interaction between technology and the warp is, as you are well aware, kept under the careful supervision of the Adeptus Mechanicus, so you can imagine just how unique this mechanism is."
Gamma"According to the Magi, it can calculate routes through the Immaterium without rest or fear of corruption, given the fact that it has no human soul. They claim that its power is comparable to that of a Novator of a Navigator House. Apparently, Procedure 0-C was initiated by this mechanism to integrate Magi with high psychic potential in order to expand its own computational capacity."
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Gamma"Currently, its calculations, operating at full capacity, are approaching completion. We assume the perfect execution of Procedure 0-C contributed to this."
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Gamma"Right now its calculations are severely hindered due to the weakened state of its computational powers. We assume the termination of Procedure 0-C contributed to this."
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YOU"Have we tried communicating with it?"
Gamma"The great calculator seems indifferent to mortals. It has expressed a lack of desire to interact with us or destroy us."
YOU"What is this abandoned complex?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I want to know more about this data-loom. What is it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Do we have any idea at all what it might be calculating?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Have we tried communicating with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What do my advisors make of this?"
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Gamma"The great machine spirit that identifies itself as Null Caliph bears potential as a valuable ally, one that could replace the need for Navigators comprised of fallible flesh. We must make contact with this holy entity, for to do so is to honour the Omnissiah's tenets. That the Tech-Priests who had the audacity to disturb Null Caliph were deprived of their Motive Force is a testament to the might of its data-voice. I hold the knowledge to create a mediator that could interface with the fearsome machine spirit and ease the burden of its revelations on unprepared minds."
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Gamma"If it stares into the warp, then it's vulnerable to attacks from the warp. Never thought I'd ever suggest something like this, but... If we want to make that machine obey us, we should assault it through the Immaterium."
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Gamma"A Navigator data-loom? This abomination makes a mockery of every Navigator House's legacy. The very fact of its existence is profoundly sickening and vile. Null Caliph must be destroyed post-haste! Allow me to send word to the other Navigator Houses — they will waste no time in dispatching their forces to destroy this monstrosity."
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YOU"Pasqal, create your mediator and forge an alliance with Null Caliph."
YOU"Make contact with Null Caliph. I wish to form an alliance with it."
YOU"Idira, come up with a way to force the machine into submission by assailing it through the warp."
YOU"Perhaps my secret artisans will find a way to control the machine."
YOU"This is my planet, and the machine must submit to my will."
YOU"Cassia, send word to the Navigator Houses. Null Caliph must be destroyed."
YOU"I authorise the dismantling of this dangerous mechanism."
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Gamma"The Tech-Priests reached out to Null Caliph once more using certain excerpts from the dictates of Procedure 0-C, and the machine's reaction was benign. It showed no hostility."
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Gamma"We have studied the Noospheric remains of the Tech-Priests who dared to reach out to Null Caliph. Their minds contained excerpts from the dictates of Procedure 0-C. These traces were brimming with anger."
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YOU"What do my advisors make of this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Pasqal, create your mediator and forge an alliance with Null Caliph."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Make contact with Null Caliph. I wish to form an alliance with it."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Idira, come up with a way to force the machine into submission by assailing it through the warp."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Perhaps my secret artisans will find a way to control the machine."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"This is my planet, and the machine must submit to my will."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Cassia, send word to the Navigator Houses. Null Caliph must be destroyed."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I authorise the dismantling of this dangerous mechanism."continues where this line first appears above
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Gamma"The catalogue contains no data to support this hypothesis. It does, however, contain the designation Null Caliph. The Null Caliph Initiative is a project of the fabled Archmagos Opticon-107, whose function was the initial exploration of the Koronus Expanse. All information on this project was removed from the catalogue as per the Fleet conclave's decree following Permissibility Hearing 16. By that same decree, Archmagos Opticon-107 was stripped of his title as the conclave's Prolocutor-Supremus."
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YOU"I want to know more about this data-loom. What is it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Do we have any idea at all what it might be calculating?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Have we tried communicating with it?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What do my advisors make of this?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Pasqal, create your mediator and forge an alliance with Null Caliph."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Make contact with Null Caliph. I wish to form an alliance with it."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Idira, come up with a way to force the machine into submission by assailing it through the warp."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Perhaps my secret artisans will find a way to control the machine."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"This is my planet, and the machine must submit to my will."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Cassia, send word to the Navigator Houses. Null Caliph must be destroyed."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"I authorise the dismantling of this dangerous mechanism."continues where this line first appears above