Commissar Delecta’s Moment of Heroism
None of this is my fault, understand? You can blame my producer, since it was his decision to cut costs by booking travel with the camp followers of the 119th Chorzin Grenadiers.
None of this is my fault, understand? You can blame my producer, since it was his decision to cut costs by booking travel with the camp followers of the 119th Chorzin Grenadiers.
It was yet another obstacle for Sergeant Trak's convoy. Yet another opportunity for the city of Ixillium to throttle the last vestiges of his patience.
The brazier oil hissed, smelling of rendered mutton fat and burnt cloves. It did little to clear the stink of the damp cellar.
(The following is a recorded transcript for Datasmith administrative review. This interaction took place over the course of 2.3004 seconds between unit Skitarii Marshall TL-33 and Kastelan Unit 99.)
Atticus’ hand moved across the parchment with dexterous strokes. His pen was a dance partner to his hand as the pair left marks to show their path.
‘By the Throne, what’s that smell?’ Fallon pushed aside the flaps of the tent and stepped into its poorly lit interior. ‘Rations.’ The Kid glanced up, before returning his attention back to the cans on the heater.
The interior of the super-heavy Baneblade, Mars Triumphant, tasted of burnt copper, sacred machine-oil, and human sweat; a rolling iron cathedral that Tech-Priest Quintus-9 regarded as a holy sanctuary, but which the human crew knew as a death trap.
‘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.
Guardsmen break in different places. In aggregate, however, educated prediction is possible. There is a significant corpus of data.
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.