ChordaOffering up prayers to the Machine God, the augur operators turned their blessed optics toward the very epicentre of the raging magnetic storm. In spite of the thick haze of static covering the augurs' pict-visors, something unexpected appeared.
ChordaThe augur crew have detected signs of life under the planet's surface. There, in the caves, is a man-made complex. According to the ship's archives, this world is uninhabitable and devoid of useful resources, so the presence of someone's base seems intriguing.
YOUSend a team to explore.
ChordaThe enforcers disembarked next to the suspicious cave. The entrance to the cave turned out to be blocked by a massive plasteel door, once pierced by a melta charge then shoddily patched up. Within, an ambush awaited your team. Attackers with emaciated bodies pounced from the darkness without warning.
YOUOrder Solomorne to lead the reconnaissance.
ChordaThe squad landed near a suspicious cave. The entrance to the cave was blocked by a massive plasteel door that had previously been pierced by a melta charge and then shoddily patched up. After receiving a signal from his faithful cyber-mastiff, Proctor Anthar warned the enforcers of the ambush ahead, and the attack was not long in coming — armed people with emaciated bodies charged out of the darkness.
ChordaThe enforcers of the von Valancius dynasty reacted with lightning speed. They walked away from the vicious battle not only victorious but having captured the enemy commander.
ChordaWhile a shuttle brought the prisoner aboard the Lord Captain's voidship, scouts searched the base and found a vast hall, the walls of which were dotted with cryo-vaults. All but one were disabled and contained the remains of some prominent people judging by their clothes. The last cryo-vault was opened and stood empty.
ChordaIn addition, a curious machine was destroyed during the battle. As further inspection would show, this was the very contraption responsible for creating the magnetic storms blanketing the planet, concealing the cemetery from prying eyes. Its machine spirit extinguished forever, Tech-Priests still managed to extract those parts that still held value.
YOUExamine the cryo-vaults.
ChordaTech-Priests sent at your command have reported that the machine spirits of all cryo-vaults are healthy and obedient, excepting the one living within the opened sarcophagus. This machine spirit is in terrible condition and afflicted by great madness, muddying its algorithms.
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YOUInterrogate the prisoner.
YOUOrder Kibellah to interrogate the prisoner.
YOULeave the prisoner in the cave full of corpses.
ChordaThe bastard did not appreciate your mercy. He threw himself at the guards as soon as he was unchained. In the resulting scuffle, both his brains and the secrets they concealed were splattered across a bulkhead.
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YOUExecute the prisoner.
ChordaFor the attempt on the lives of subjects of the von Valancius dynasty, the bastard was placed in the nozzle of a manoeuvring thruster, where the zealous machine spirit incinerated him with a jet of roaring flame.
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YOUBombard the site from orbit.
ChordaYour macro-cannon salvos collapsed the cave systems and buried the underground complex under thousands of tons of rock. The secrets of this place will forever be consigned to oblivion.
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YOUIgnore the planet's mystery.
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ChordaThe strike came so suddenly that the squad of enforcers died in the very first moments. Before reinforcements could reach the planet, a monstrously powerful explosion shook the cave complex and buried its secrets under thousands of tons of rock.
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ChordaIn the hours that followed, the captive became fully aware of how sophisticated and ruthless the Bloodspun Web can be in its quest for the truth.
ChordaUnder torture, the bastard confessed to belonging to the Cult of Saint Drusus. He and his brothers and sisters were tasked with guarding this strange cemetery and preventing anyone from entering. He equally could not hide that the unfortunate inhabitants of the cryo-vaults were killed by his people. Alas, that was his last confession as the harsh interrogation finally took its toll.
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ChordaDespite the brutal torture and various persuasive, mind-altering solutions administered into the prisoner's bloodstream by a wise Tech-Priest, the bastard maintained his arrogant silence and perished before a single word escaped his lips.