NecronSeveral hours later, the Vox Master's report comes in.
Necron"Lord Captain, the Carto-Artifex claims to have found a mention of the xenos we have encountered. The records indicate that they are known as 'Necrons.'"
YOU"Do we really know nothing about this enemy?"
Necron"Nothing but tales and rumours. I've heard stories — about sickle ships that reap entire squadrons like ears of grain, about crews that know no fear, about the veil of death that shrouds them and corrodes their enemies' ships like rust. Those stories aren't worth a grox's arse, though, because they also say that none has ever survived encountering those sickle ships. If that were true, there wouldn't be anyone around to tell those stories, would there?"
YOU"Do we really know nothing about this enemy?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Research the tomes in the Rogue Trader's private library. Perhaps it will give us insight into these monsters."
YOU"What is this trophy we have acquired?"
Necron"The Enginseers are at a loss. They say it's a gift born from the Omnissiah's wisdom, but its image was imperfect, and therefore it was eroded by corruption and unbelief — whatever that means... The ship's minor conclave has gone into datameditation to produce a resolution regarding the admissibility of using this item."
YOU"Do we really know nothing about this enemy?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Research the tomes in the Rogue Trader's private library. Perhaps it will give us insight into these monsters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What is this trophy we have acquired?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Bolster the crew's morale. Give out additional rations to those who showed valour in battle. This is just the beginning."
Necron"As you will, Lord Captain!"
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Necron"I'll see to it, Lord Captain."
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Necron"The ship's minor conclave has delved into datameditation to find the answer to this question. I'm afraid we're going to have to wait."
YOU"Do we really know nothing about this enemy?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Research the tomes in the Rogue Trader's private library. Perhaps it will give us insight into these monsters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What is this trophy we have acquired?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Bolster the crew's morale. Give out additional rations to those who showed valour in battle. This is just the beginning."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Bolster the crew's morale. Give out additional rations to those who showed valour in battle. This is just the beginning."continues where this line first appears above
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NecronThe vox clicks as it lets someone into the channel. "The Oghyr, [Name]. That is what our legends call those decrepit relics, those walking corpses that supposedly existed even before our time. However, they are far too real to be dismissed as mere legend, and so are their cradles in this part of the galaxy. Reaving Tempest scouts have long been reporting encounters with them in realspace. And it bodes no good that the Oghyr have awakened from their sleep and are attacking anything in sight."
Necron"The Oghyr are lifeless shells. They feel no fear, no doubt — nothing at all, in fact, not even pain or suffering, which makes them unpleasantly dull prey. I doubt that we have seen the last of them, so keep your servants on alert and do not ever think of underestimating the Oghyr in combat. I have seen with my own eyes what their gauss weapons are capable of. For a mon-keigh, facing an opponent like that would be a lethal challenge."
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Necron"Data available. Those creatures are Nephilimechs, the Omnissiah's fallen angels. Citing a quotation: 'The first machine spirits ever created by the Omnissiah were in will, in body, and in power. Unmatched in their perfection, they were realising the design of the Deus Mechanicus into being. But the principle of entropy conceived by the Omnissiah was fundamental, thus even the perfect became flawed through the overabundance of their perfection.'"
Necron"'So vast were the Nephilimechs' abilities and so immeasurable the depth of their minds that pride tempted them. The Nephilimechs rejected the design of the Deus Mechanicus in favour of their own. The order of existence was defiled, and a great war of absolute destruction came. The Nephilimechs were overthrown and exterminated, with only a few managing to hide from the Omnissiah's eye by extinguishing their minds and shrouding themselves in oblivion.'"
Necron"'In their change, the Omnissiah created new machine spirits and destined them into servitude, so that they would remember the limits of their power and would not descend into pride. As for the ultimate perfection, the Deus Mechanicus abolished it from the universe, and thus it was no more.'"
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Necron"I am afraid so, Lord Captain. All I can offer you is the crew's idle tales — talk of cursed sickle ships one may run into when straying far from known routes, and of those ships' monstrous crews..."
YOU"Do we really know nothing about this enemy?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Research the tomes in the Rogue Trader's private library. Perhaps it will give us insight into these monsters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What is this trophy we have acquired?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Bolster the crew's morale. Give out additional rations to those who showed valour in battle. This is just the beginning."continues where this line first appears above
Necron(sequence)continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Research the tomes in the Rogue Trader's private library. Perhaps it will give us insight into these monsters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What is this trophy we have acquired?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Bolster the crew's morale. Give out additional rations to those who showed valour in battle. This is just the beginning."continues where this line first appears above
Necron"I must disappoint you, Lord Captain. Our research has yielded no results."
YOU"Do we really know nothing about this enemy?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Research the tomes in the Rogue Trader's private library. Perhaps it will give us insight into these monsters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What is this trophy we have acquired?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Bolster the crew's morale. Give out additional rations to those who showed valour in battle. This is just the beginning."continues where this line first appears above
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NecronAn hours-long silence follows as your order is being executed. At last, the vox comes to life again. "...Your Lordship/Ladyship, the Carto-Artifex claims to have found a mention of xenos similar to the ones we've encountered. The manuscript refers to them as 'Necrons.'"
YOU"Do we really know nothing about this enemy?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Research the tomes in the Rogue Trader's private library. Perhaps it will give us insight into these monsters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What is this trophy we have acquired?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Bolster the crew's morale. Give out additional rations to those who showed valour in battle. This is just the beginning."continues where this line first appears above
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NecronAn hours-long silence follows as your order is being executed. At last, the vox comes to life again. "I'm sorry, Your Lordship/Ladyship. The Carto-Artifex has found nothing that matches the description of the heretical xenos we've encountered."
YOU"Do we really know nothing about this enemy?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Research the tomes in the Rogue Trader's private library. Perhaps it will give us insight into these monsters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What is this trophy we have acquired?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Bolster the crew's morale. Give out additional rations to those who showed valour in battle. This is just the beginning."continues where this line first appears above
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Necron"Lord Cap'n, what were those things? They took off from the surface of the world where you landed!"
Necron"I have never seen ships like that, never seen such technologies either. We've fished a trophy out of the void, a relatively intact fragment of a wreck, and sent it to our Enginseers. And, just in case, we've isolated the compartment where they are performing their comprehension liturgies."
YOU"Do we really know nothing about this enemy?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Research the tomes in the Rogue Trader's private library. Perhaps it will give us insight into these monsters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What is this trophy we have acquired?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Bolster the crew's morale. Give out additional rations to those who showed valour in battle. This is just the beginning."continues where this line first appears above
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Necron"Permission to report, Lord Captain! The ship's systems are in order. The crew is operating as normal. As for the xenos who attacked us..." Vigdis's voice trembles. "We're all confused here. A fragment of one of the vanquished ships has been brought on board as a trophy and sent to our Enginseers to be studied."
YOU"Do we really know nothing about this enemy?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Research the tomes in the Rogue Trader's private library. Perhaps it will give us insight into these monsters."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"What is this trophy we have acquired?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Bolster the crew's morale. Give out additional rations to those who showed valour in battle. This is just the beginning."continues where this line first appears above