NPCTo attract the enemy's attention, a "lethal incident" was staged: a radiation leak caused by an open transuranium container. Shortly after, a handful of this hazardous material went missing, and the wise Tech-Priests used the radioactive trail to locate the monster's lair.
NPCCornered in its den, the monster fought its final battle and was slain. It was a terrifying xenos with a metallic skeletal body and a single emerald eye. Its lair turned out to be a crypt-like chamber, and beneath it was an entire fortress buried in stone. The walls were covered in glyphs similar to the mysterious patterns that the mad convicts had been drawing.
NPCThe chamber also contained the dissected remains of the missing miners. The Omnissiah's servants studied the bodies, the crypt, and the xenos's corpse, hypothesising that the inhuman belonged to a caste of sages among its kind. It had remained in stasis for ages untold but had recently been awakened either by the mining efforts or the explosions caused by the Drukhari invaders. After killing everyone who had approached its lair, the creature tried to wake its brethren, but millennia of tectonic shifts had crushed the underground fortress. The creature was alone.
NPCThe fearsome insects, the ones that assailed the colony, were the only tool the xenos had left, so it chose to lie in wait. But when the heretics of the Final Dawn sabotaged the fortress's reactor in their attempts to destroy the planet, the xenos grew restless and started searching for a way to exterminate the humans. Now the last xenos survivor was dead, and so was its entire race — or at least, so prayed every denizen of Vheabos VI.
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NPCBefore fortune could smile on the hunters, one of the mining complexes was wiped out after its water filters had been "accidentally" contaminated by chemicals.
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NPC"I believe in you. Being irritating comes naturally to mon-keigh."
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NPCRegrettably, the wardens were not particularly skilled in deception or provocation. However, they did eventually lure the enemy out with large-scale underground blasting operations. The creature came to the mining site, walked into the traps, and retreated upon having suffered a painful injury.
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NPC"May the hunters find patience."
NPCThe colony's wardens experimented with several means of disguise but did eventually succeed in hiding themselves from the eyes of their mysterious foe.
NPCThe warden whose unfortunate lot it was to keep watch inside of an air purifier spotted a strange shadow right between the working mechanisms and the lead cover. The enemy had grown careless and finally revealed itself. The brave warden raised the alarm, wounded the creature, and fell in battle, but his comrades managed to chase the beast away.
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NPCAlas, it took some time for the colony's wardens to come up with an effective camouflage that could hide them from this mysterious foe.
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NPC"May the Emperor grant us victory over this foe!"
NPCThe vigilant wardens were up to the Rogue Trader's task: having placed the colony on high alert, they waited for the moment when the enemy would reveal itself.
NPCThe wardens were better suited for punishing convicts than lookout duty. At last, an alert came in: one of the inner gates that had previously been sealed was being opened. The guards who arrived on the scene saw a dark figure and opened fire. Wounded, the creature fled.
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NPC"May the Emperor grant us victory over this foe!"
NPCFortune soon smiled upon the diligent hunters when they discovered promising-looking tunnels beneath the surface.
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NPCThe hunters searched everywhere, but, given their lack of experience, their efforts remained unsuccessful for a long time. However, eventually, they discovered the enemy's lair.
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NPC"May the Emperor grant us victory over this foe!"
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NPC"If it can be captured alive, it would be an invaluable specimen for study."
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NPC"Lord Captain, Vheabos VI begs for help! Something terrible prowls the planet, searching for a way to wipe out the planet's inhabitants. Victims died in small groups at first, so they dismissed it as simple accidents — a poisoning, a crashed transport, a fire. But the death toll has started to rise, and explaining everything as mere coincidence is no longer an option. The enemy appears to be testing out different methods of killing your subjects, like it's looking for the most efficient way to murder as many of them at once as possible. Our pict-traps sometimes catch sight of a blurry dark shadow walking among the people, but no one has actually seen it with their own eyes."
YOU"What kind of 'accidents' are happening there?"
NPC"Various sorts of mechanical failures. Ventilation systems emitting substances that have no business being there. Auspexes registering spikes of radiation. Maintenance systems shutting down for no apparent reason. It all resembles extermination experiments, with your servants playing the role of test subject."
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NPC"The art of hunting relies on the art of hiding. You cannot see your target... then make it so the target cannot see you. Deceive its senses and seize your advantage."
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NPC"A predator walks among your people? Well, then it's time we became predators ourselves! Your servants can't see it and don't know where its lair lies, but I will tell you how to find it: you need to spark the beast's curiosity. Leave something it craves out in the open and mark it so that you can track the beast as it's carrying the bait away in its jaws. That is how we hunt cunning prey on Fenris."
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NPC"Ha! You call it your enemy, but you are mere pests in its eyes. This isn't war, this is extermination. You are a nuisance, and that is your asset. Understand what it is you do that vexes it so much, and you will understand how to drive it mad. All that will be left then is to lay a trap."
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NPC"Speaking as an expert, all evidence indicates that the unknown creature is an ancient xenos, cunning and dangerous. Conventional methods will be inadequate at overcoming it. Only the Motive Force, the blessed energy granted to us by the Omnissiah, can bypass this creature's defences. Equip a squad of the most effective fighters with arc rifles and shock grenades, and deploy them at locations where the xenos is most active."
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YOU"Yrliet makes a good point. Find some effective disguise against our foe and wait for it to strike."
YOU"Place all mining complexes on high alert. Stay vigilant, and sooner or later, we will spot it."
YOU"Eogunn's methods sound effective. Dispatch soldiers trained in the use of arc weapons to conduct patrols."
YOU"Ulfar's advice is sound. We will leave bait for our enemy."
YOU"Send out scouts. We need to find its lair."
YOU"Marazhai is right. Set a series of traps and provoke it to attack."
YOU"No one can see it, but snares do not need eyes. Leave some gifts out for our unwanted guest."
YOU"Any ideas?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Yrliet makes a good point. Find some effective disguise against our foe and wait for it to strike."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Place all mining complexes on high alert. Stay vigilant, and sooner or later, we will spot it."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Eogunn's methods sound effective. Dispatch soldiers trained in the use of arc weapons to conduct patrols."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Ulfar's advice is sound. We will leave bait for our enemy."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Send out scouts. We need to find its lair."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Marazhai is right. Set a series of traps and provoke it to attack."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"No one can see it, but snares do not need eyes. Leave some gifts out for our unwanted guest."continues where this line first appears above