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Imperium Eternal

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We thought it was a mistake initially. Onboard the Imperial Navy frigate Imperium Eternal, we dropped out of the warp at the Mandeville point for Bakka, intent on returning to the Segmentum naval base.

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Half Past Midnight

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The decommissioned maglift convulses during its thousand kilometer climb, but the fear of plummeting does not dissuade my haste. Above the dark, ice-sheathed oceans, a stranger awaits.Centuries had passed since…

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Silence Descends

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Blinking rapidly, she gazes upwards as another plummeting star enters the atmosphere, its beautiful, blazing journey ending beyond the mountain ridge.'Carla, come on, he's going to speak,' shouts Arik, his…

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Exitus Ultima

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She ran, there was nothing else she could do. She was no mighty Sororitas, no fiery confessor, not even a strong enforcer of the Frater Militia. She was but a…

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In Search of Peace

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The heavy bolter thunders, eye-smiting flares belching from the barrel, the grips skinning palms already red-raw and slicked with blood. The fusillade is devastating; her skull throbs, her eyes burn…

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The Last One Hundred Lasguns

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The air was a thick soup of infestation. Tyrannocytes punctured the storm-wracked skies of Segmentum Solar. Microscopic nano-spores swirled in every breath.

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The End of Truth

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Amadeus stared at the blank parchment, unused ink and quill beside it. He felt his stomach tighten, ever-familiar anxiousness filling him. The emptiness of the page threatened to swallow him.…

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Child of Mars

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The last stasis bed failed, and the dying machine spirit released the sleeping form of Tahimik. An aching head and the incessant pinging of a cogitator alert pulled her from sleep.…

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End of Defiance

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He stands alone, the sun at his back. Though deep underground, he still feels its warmth. Once it raged, shining its light across the galaxy. Now it wanes, guttering in…

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The Last Sun

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I can’t help but laugh.I shake my head and smile a weary smile through cracked lips. The hopelessness of it all keeps the grin on my face a moment longer.…

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