NPCThrough the piled-up rocks, dirt, and thick dust, you are able to make out parts of fixtures that were ripped out of their sockets and thrown to the floor. Parts like these are used for fastening industrial girders in place at large manufactorums around the Imperium.
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YOU[Try to surmise what destroyed the lab ceiling]
YOU[Address your companions] "What do you make of all this?"
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AbelardThe Seneschal looks around, frowning. "I don't understand... Drukhari machinery and their toys seem out of place within these walls. They seem positively alien, in fact. These walls... why, this is the standard architecture of an Imperium bunker. Why would a xenos conduct their business in a place like this?"
Heinrix"They would if they were going to do business with representatives of Humanity." Heinrix's voice is dull and quiet, as if the Interrogator has suddenly been drained of all his strength.
Abelard"But Interrogator, who—"
Heinrix"Cold Traders. Privateers. Rogue Traders..." Heinrix breaks off, as if stopping himself at the last moment. "Mutually profitable commerce with xenos is not that uncommon, Abelard. And that is what went on in this place, a place built by humans and furnished by the Drukhari."
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Marazhai"Tervantias was... robbed? I really wish I could have seen his face the moment he looked upon his lair!" Marazhai laughs mockingly, then looks around the room. "Although this place... is not a Haemonculus's lair. Too safe. Too shabby. More of a last refuge."
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Yrliet"My kin were unable to find this place. The Dark Ones... would hardly have been content with a single trophy, even one as great as this. No. This was done crudely and quickly — behaviour more typical of mon-keigh."
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Jae"The work is precise, though not the neatest. Whoever did this clearly knew what they were looking for and where to strike. Just look at the edges of the breach, shereen — they were definitely ripped apart by a targeted blast."
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Cassia"This world belongs to House Winterscale. But I don't believe... I refuse to believe His Lordship Calligos would ever collaborate with xenos. Dark red and brownish-green would envelop his figure every time the subject of hunting the enemies of Humanity was brought up. He... despised them. Hated them."
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NPCWhatever contraption this chamber used to house, judging by the size of the fixtures, it could have gone through the hole in the ceiling. The only question is: what was it? Although, given Tervantias's obsession with his "masterpiece," one could venture a guess.
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NPCThe pile of rocks, dirt, and thick dust densely covers the entire bottom of the hollow and the entire space around it. There is nothing of note here, just debris that the Haemonculus never bothered to clean up after returning to his lair.
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NPCThe multiple marks on the broken pieces suggest that the ceiling and the layer of rock above it were shattered in an explosion. The details elude you.
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NPCYou study the edges of the breach carefully, reflect for a few minutes, and conclude that the hole in the lab ceiling was created by several powerful targeted explosions. After some more time, you note the characteristic marks on the debris and the walls. The ceiling was breached using melta charges.
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NPCThe space around the hollow is littered with lumps of broken rockcrete. A feeble breeze blows through the ugly hole in the ceiling, stirring up whirlwinds of stone dust at your feet.
NPCThe hole in the lab's vaulted ceiling and the hollow underneath it point you to the obvious conclusion: something broke into this room, ripped out a piece of the lab, and dragged it outside. You are, for now, mystified as to what that something was.
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