Condemned to Failure
He was ready to die.Standing, in front of a baying crowd of individuals, his life literally hung like a thread around his neck. The adamantium knotweed held taught as he…
Connection Severed
<Noospheric communication sub-routines compromised.><Reverting to unit sub-tethering.><Active cohort units in-field = 65…><62…><58…>Eros-Tybalt 71-Delta 324 was one of fifty-eight Skitarii constructs currently active in the battered warscape that constructs higher in…
Assistance Required
‘Another one Aput?’ Khanephet asked the small gold-plated scarab hovering before him. By way of an answer, the little canoptek beamed him the expected message notifying him of yet another malfunctioning plasma battery.
My Name is Roboute
My name is Roboute. I maintain the servitors that clean hab block 117. Like so many others, I am named for the Imperial Regent, son of the God-Emperor, but I am not a great man. My parents wished more for me than what I am.
Muted Existence
What would you be willing to risk to save a child?Gad Thaddeus Skark was presented with this question.As a factory worker in the middle-hive, he had a more comfortable life…
In Two Minds
Psychic Whiplash was one name for it; trauma was the other. Inonar looked down at the pale, ashen face before her, contorted in a final horrible scream. She still held…
Blessed by Holy Light
‘The worthy will come to know the word of the Father, and the blessed will see His holy light.’Ulsaman’s foot slipped, and his entire body tensed. Pain pulsed through his forearms…
Plasteel Shaman
Men crawled the world below as ants atop their mound, picking clean the surface and near-depths to feed the hive and Imolier at its peak. This was the closest they…
A Scribe’s Diary
003.002.M42Celebrations of the new year today. We got more rations, which was welcomed by all. Work didn’t let up, though. Once again, my ears and fingers hurt from the constant…
The Bomb
Tick.The rail lines are colour-coded for convenience. White, blue, red - manufactorum, administratum, and if one was to imagine this Hive to be a vast body, then these veins pulsing…
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