The Example of Saint Marthine
‘Even the lowliest individual – the least pious, the most deserving of scorn – still possesses one thing to be offered up in service to the Imperium of Man: their…
The Initiation
Speed, adrenaline, the sharp, metallic taste of blood in the air; these were the greatest joys of life in Commorragh. The whining hiss of jetbikes cut through the air, drowning…
Liberation
On Holy Terra, the cradle of humanity, there were a thousand libraries. These vast repositories seemed to stretch out endlessly, filled with the accumulated records and learnings of the God-Emperor’s…
Just One More Taste
Meat comes in all shapes and sizes, be it the thick slabs of muscle that the Orks flex so proudly or the lithe pale flesh of the Aeldari rippling with…
The Punishment for Loyalty
Jone was still adjusting her psy-dampening hood and juggling a mug of recaff when she entered the choral antechamber. Master Furth had been in the tank for the last eight…
Drums and Death
Much of Segmentum Pacificus was lost to insurrection during the Night of a Thousand Rebellions. The slow-moving cogs that drove the Adeptus Administratum had not been quick enough to allocate…
Splintered
As I wake, I find myself embraced by darkness. Where before there was a void, now I am. A consciousness born out of oblivion. I don’t have a name, a…
The Deadlands
Kaeria did not like to be saddled. She preferred bareback flying. The saddle meant there was a mission, and missions were a bore for her. Private Jaekzon may have been…
Pride Goes Before
Awakening protocols cascaded through Khazekh's inorganic brain. Each command initiated activation of a different cogitational sector. Membanks were accessed randomly, emphatic engrams slow to link with the entries.The process should…
Fire and Smoke
RunningMaurice’s sprint for his life turned into a skid as he tried to close a curve, his shoulder impacting the opposite wall with enough force to make his teeth rattle.…