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Read more about the article The Grox Herder

The Grox Herder

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‘Move! Move!’ The sergeant's voice rang between lasfire, greenskin roars and cries of men. ‘To me, Venn! Now!’ Something whizzed past his ear, close enough to chill the skin.

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It’s The Thought

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Guardsmen break in different places. In aggregate, however, educated prediction is possible. There is a significant corpus of data.

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Yellow

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The display flickered into life. Grainy helmet-cam footage filled the chamber. The screen split into multiple views. Asp disliked reviewing helmet footage. The screaming was rarely useful.

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Read more about the article Don’t Count On It

Don’t Count On It

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A crash sounded somewhere in the distance. Dampened by numerous walls, fields, and exhibits, nonetheless, it was very loud and went on for a long time. A very long time.

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Read more about the article Nothing Significant to Report

Nothing Significant to Report

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Lieutenant Cobral Janner was bored. Eight years on a deathworld, guarding a secret fortified warehouse containing a strategic stockpile of spare clothing, equipment, weapons and vehicles, and he had yet to fire his lasgun in anger.  

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What a Drag

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Dust drifted through the shattered streets, turning the morning sun into pale streaks of light that bled through the haze. Private Tomas Grell sat with his back against a mound of shattered stone.

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Read more about the article A Simple Fix

A Simple Fix

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The explosion lifted Gerebrix Rho several feet into the air, but still not above the head of the angry Adeptus Astartes warrior immediately to his left.

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Heresy

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The bunker door slammed shut, dulling the wail of sirens and thunder of shell impacts to a low hum and faint thudding.

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Read more about the article Pending Refit

Pending Refit

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The sand had teeth on this world.  They’d been a jungle regiment once. Their fatigues were still a blotched green, unsuited to this sun-blasted hellhole.

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Read more about the article The Real Lords of the Emperors Children

The Real Lords of the Emperors Children

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Despite running dangerously late, Athenus, Lord Exultant of the Emperor’s Children, applied his foundation with a medicae’s patience. 

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