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03:26The arch-traitor himself.
03:29And less than two leagues from our location, Gimnon.
03:33We have a chance, sister.
03:36An opportunity to end him.
03:39We cannot let it pass.
03:42With respect, Senioris.
03:44There is nothing about this data that can be authenticated.
03:48It could be enemy propaganda.
03:50It could be many things, Gimnon.
03:54No data can be trusted at this hour.
03:57But if it is him...
04:01I understand, Princep Senioris.
04:06Cogitate your line.
04:08Assault proposal.
04:11My engines will walk with you.
04:13I am gratified.
04:16Falling on my left flank.
04:18Half-stride.
04:21The Omnisire will bless us for this, Gimnon.
04:24Keep so out.
04:34Steersman, execute maneuver.
04:36Half-stride.
04:38By your will, Princeps.
04:39Half-stride.
04:58Moderati.
04:59Relay the supportive action order to our other engines.
05:03Your will, my Princeps.
05:06I taste doubt in you, Nine-X.
05:09How I feel about it is irrelevant, my Princeps.
05:12My loyalty is total.
05:14To you and to the Omnisire.
05:17The same goes for every member of this crew.
05:19If this is your will, we will obey without hesitation.
05:23If you think we must pursue this target, then we will.
05:29I would not care to explain to the Emperor that we had this chance and failed to take it, Moderati.
05:36We trust in your instincts, my Princeps.
06:01The battle group report ready to receive your brief, my Princeps.
06:04Very good.
06:06Display, please.
06:09Princeps, salutations.
06:12Explain your decision, Gimnon.
06:15The evidence supplied by the Tempestus engine is worthless.
06:20A bold remark, Augustine, from one who was so recently a Moderati.
06:25A callous remark, Princeps lead, from one who knows how bitterly I earned this honor.
06:31A fair riposte.
06:33Forgive me, Princeps.
06:35Emotions run high.
06:37This data cannot be corroborated, so it must be ignored in favor of verified acquisitions.
06:44It is enemy propaganda.
06:47The foe hopes to break our resolve by showing the Archfiend laying siege to the last gate.
06:53Yet he was always coming here.
06:55Is it foolish to think at this late hour, he might have finally arrived?
07:02We had a battle group on our scopes, Gimnon.
07:05Nine targets, nine targets, Princeps, and you abandoned that to follow this... this folly.
07:14He has to be somewhere.
07:16Horus Lupakal would never present himself so openly.
07:28You place your trust in Kiso of the Stormlords, then?
07:33As much as I place it anywhere in these days of blood and bitterness.
07:39I do not believe this data, but we have to act upon it.
07:43We are committed, my commanders.
07:46Are you with me?
07:47You have my support, of course.
07:51Demotine out.
08:16Demotine out.
08:39Demotine out.
08:40Hard stop.
08:42Hard stop.
08:48Hard stop.
08:49Clavius Dread has affected a hard stop, my Princeps.
08:53Kiso, this is Gimnon.
08:55Report.
08:56There's an engine killer out there.
09:07My guess is a Shadow Sword.
09:11Four legs out, perhaps five.
09:13None of us have the shield strength to toy with this prey.
09:17My kindred, we should move.
09:20Negative.
09:21It can't have a visual lock on us.
09:23It will be listening for step echo.
09:29I need a moment to manifest an all specs lock.
09:33All specs?
09:34Down to ten.
09:35Then failing again, my Princeps.
09:37I have a solution.
09:39Fire in.
09:50Target kill.
09:52All specs down.
09:54No confirmation.
09:55Seniorus.
09:56Confirmed Treadkill. I had a clear lock on him.
10:05Bastropenga is hit. Registring significant damage. It's hunting the weakest of the mana pool.
10:12She said she'd killed it. Get me a lock, Moderati.
10:16Prospex is inactive.
10:18Dimartine? Dimartine, respond.
10:21Hull penetration. Fire in motivation chamber. Suppression system active. Trying to stabilise.
10:30I had a clean Orc Specs lock on its hull metallics.
10:43Signoris!
10:46It's heat tracking Dimartine's burn plume.
10:499x, boost acoustics.
10:52My Princeps?
10:53It's deceiving Orc Specs. But that's a volcano cannon. Boost acoustic and pinpoint origin of the power build.
11:02At once, my Princeps.
11:04Acoustic track. Origin located.
11:08Kill it!
11:31It's done.
11:32Are we certain this time?
11:35Acoustics confirm. Tread kill.
11:36Acoustics confirm. Tread kill.
11:38Demartine.
11:40Demartine.
11:41Astropenga.
11:42Respond.
11:43Fire suppressed. We have hull and internal damage. Multiple casualties. Motivation is in tatters.
11:51Can you hold?
11:53Our power is restricted. Shields gone. We can walk and fight.
12:01Stabilise your engine, Princeps. Engines advance. Half stride. Signoris Kiso? We will have a conversation.
12:12On open vox, Gimna?
12:15No. Come alongside. We will hardlink our manifolds.
12:21Ah. A private conversation.
12:37Mechadendrite hardlink established. Link achieved.
12:41Thank you, Moderati.
12:53Signoris Kiso.
12:55Signoris Kiso.
12:56Hola. You are angry.
13:00I had just persuaded my engines to follow, despite their misgivings. What happened? I told you the Auspex can't be
13:09trusted.
13:10I had a solid lock. But you improvised well. Acoustic tracking was a shrewd gambit.
13:21Signoris, what is your level of Auspex damage?
13:25It was not a problem with my Auspex. It was a problem with the world my Auspex was trying to
13:32read.
13:34The traitors are here, Hola. Chaos is here. The warp is saturating terror. Nothing is true anymore.
13:44Nothing?
13:45Time is out of joint. Can you not feel it? Time and place. The warp has done this moments before
13:53we met today. Mapping placed me near the Lionsgate.
13:58Likewise. An error.
14:00Reality is twisting and dislocating.
14:04If you're right, and nothing can be trusted, how can I trust the evidence you present?
14:11You can't, Hola. Neither can I. The footage. It could be lies conjured by the warp. Propaganda to break us.
14:21Or an invitation to trap us.
14:24The war master has been conspicuously absent from the field of war since the siege began.
14:34He has left the killing to his puppets. But he is Horus Lupercal, Hola.
14:42He is writing his own myth, and needs to claim victory himself.
14:49So you think he is really here?
14:52I'm saying the chances are high. This is the end, Hola. We are losing, and losing badly. This is the
15:00moment he's waiting for.
15:02But if it's a lie. If it's a lie, or a trap, or a trick, or hallucination, we die the
15:11death of fools. The death waits us anyway. And I would rather die, and die and die a thousand times
15:19over, and die deceived too, than ignore the possibility of victory.
15:25We could end this war, Orla. Kill Lupercal. Kill Lupercal.
16:02Kill Ludwig Lupercal. Kill Lupercal. Pickle Lupercal.
16:09We should extend your kafest Ñлagen.
16:09Kill Lupercal. Kill Lupercal.
16:15Kill Lupercal. Lamb of theå».
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