Xenos"Lord Captain, there is an... an emergency at the officers' deck." Vigdis's voice is quaking slightly. "Numerous victims, loss of communication... The voidsmen report warp-voices filling the compartments... but this is not a warp breach. This is... the xenos you took aboard at Janus. He has gone mad and went on a rampage."
Xenos"I have two fairly reliable witness accounts. According to one, the xenos suddenly assaulted the crew members, gutting them seemingly at random. The other claims that there are survivors who barricaded themselves in the adjacent compartments. The enforcers managed to isolate the raving xenos in a dead end... But they have been unable to pacify him so far. What will your orders be?"
YOU"I am going to the officers' deck immediately."
Xenos"The squad of enforcers who had blocked the xenos in the dead-end corridor is waiting at the deck. I beg you to be careful, Lord Captain... And may the God-Emperor watch over you."
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YOU"Yrliet, explain your words."
Xenos"Do you remember what happened during my very first voyage aboard your ship? When I found myself beyond the veil, the servants of She Who Thirsts descended upon the fragile shell that is protecting your vessel from the outside horrors and managed to break through. The soul of an Aeldari shines like a beacon in the night, drawing the gaze of Sai'lanthresh and stoking her thirst."
Xenos"The ways of Asuryan keep us safe from her claws, but the Dark Ones... The Dark Ones never sought to restrain their desires for excess and pleasure in order to acquire at least some protection against our eternal enemy. When the voices of She Who Thirsts called out to me, I found refuge in meditation. I think... I think Marazhai started feeding his withering soul instead, using the only method he knew."
YOU"I am going to the officers' deck immediately."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Yrliet, explain your words."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Can no one here do anything right without me?"
XenosVigdis sighs. "Lord Captain... a pair of voidsmen managed to relay to us before dying that their comrades are disappearing into a bloody fog only to emerge in pieces... Your enforcers are trained to suppress human riots, not to restrain deadly xenos."
YOU"I am going to the officers' deck immediately."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Yrliet, explain your words."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Can no one here do anything right without me?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Vent the officers' deck compartment into space."
Xenos"Lord Captain, I repeat: there are dozens of officers in the adjacent rooms that are not hermetically sealed. If we open the airlocks... They are going to die along with the xenos."
YOU"I got it, Vigdis. I will have to personally go to the officers' deck."
Xenos"The squad of enforcers who had blocked the xenos in the dead-end corridor is waiting at the deck. I beg you to be careful, Lord Captain... And may the God-Emperor watch over you."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Who cares! Rid me of the xenos however you can!"
Xenos"Y-yes, Lord Captain."
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YOU"Vent the officers' deck compartment into space."continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Can no one here do anything right without me?"continues where this line first appears above
YOU"Vent the officers' deck compartment into space."continues where this line first appears above
Xenos(sequence)
Xenos"Such are the consequences of ill-considered actions born out of the lack of faith in the God-Emperor's laws! I am ready to stop the accursed xenos's rampage personally and repay every life he has taken!"
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Xenos"Why am I not surprised?" Heinrix's voice is oozing with poison. "Rogue Trader, we cannot bring back your subjects, but I will gladly aid you in disposing of the rabid creature before it mauls even more people."
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XenosThe vox-channel relays a thin sigh, full of realisation... and fright? "Elantach... I know what the reason behind Marazhai's madness is. Please, I must accompany you to the compartment. I will help you deal with the Dark One."