"As you wish" Ludias raises the weapon in his hands, fully aware of the consequenses aims brifly and pulls the trigger.

The round cracks out and hits the farseers skull and travels through the brain and into the spine where it shatters several vetebrae before exiting out the back and carrying on. Wherever the bullet touched inside the farseer the holy round left traces of energy that ate swiftly at the surrounding mass of tissues and calcified bone until the farseers head and neck were no more.

The Farseer falls to the ground before Syrath can fully form, he looks towards the Sniper and smiles.

"I'm sorry to say that you have done little, the Employers will return her once they realise she is dead. Sadly I did not get to gut the scum when I had a chance but I have fully figure out my plan, use her for information then kill her.

Ludias shrugs as her calmly pulls the slide on his rifle back and loads anouther round.
"scat before you get the same pain"

Cindicare keep firing we will hold them back oni its release time. I will use the darkness as advantage

Cindicare >.< sounds like a pokemon

Syrath vanishes into the mist but something worse still remains, the essence of a far foul creature or being arises like a dark smoke clouding Ludias's mind and causing the Farseers body to rise and nit back together what remained off the skull and flesh. As the Farseer falls to the ground the essence scatters as it feels the effect of the Snipers weapon, the Farseer arises and looks towards the Snipers;

"Thank...you..."

The Caldius continues firing and is able to kill most of the Heavy weaponry mutants while Lotus enters th shadows prepared to fight what remains of the approaching horde.

Vindicare i meant XD
When they are coming close enough i release the death strings

Ludias looks at the strange being and grimaces walking backwards towards his ship.
"Bel'... Hunter.... I think its time we left. Theres enough room for ttwo of you in here. Bel' get in the co pilots seat, Hunter you take the rear mounted gunners seat."
Ludias swings up into the Pilots harness and straps himself in flicking rows of switches as his ship powers up.

Several of the first mutants are cut down in seconds while the others continue forward, unharmed as the death strings have only hit the first wave of mutants.

U know what the death strings are right? Everyone who rushes in it is getting hit

Oni clarification accepted 1 release

As the ship rises something strikes it, it spins as a second strike destroys one of it's wings and another damages the enegines. The Employer grips the craft and slams it into the ground before the Employer leaves.

What are these clarifications? It makes no sence when you don't tell anyone

Ok i will describe: an eversor has stim and drug injectors. With these clarifications i can chose how hard they work an clarification 5 is bio meltdown his blood will turn in acid. This is voice controlled so only i can chose which clarifications

Okay, this is really getting annoying...

... guys, if you are like doing two pages whenever I am not around, can you please just not? Because otherwise I feel as if I am not even in the RP, just tagging along at some moments, and I miss all the good stuff...

... for example, I haven't a clue what the hell is going on right now...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Reaper... Im grumpy
really
really
grumpy

*Cracks knuckles*

This RP is about to see a whole new side of Ludias.

SoS shas, Hunter was with Me and Bel' while we listened to the farseer talk I shot her when hse asked for it to end and told Syrath to bug off, Farseer turned into somethign creepy and Ludias and co tried to excape on Ludias' ship but REAPER decided that the vehicle would be destroyed... Curses

OOC: Okay, I will try and fit myself into this mess.

IC:

Kais spots the ship rising, before being mercilessly pulled back to the ground with a smash

"Hunter?! Hunter what is going on?!"

It's fun to crush the hopes and dreams of fictional characters, also the Employers are merciless so they will crush you if they get the chance.

"The Employer, the thing it's pulling us down Shas'O. We can't control the ship, no physical weapon can harm it, contact Atlas and his gang and tell the we need anti-Daemon weaponry now. Must go, I'll contact you soon."

The com channel turns into static after Hunters message ends.

"THAT WAS MY DAMNNED SHIP!!!"

Ludias growls deeply in his throat and Bel' notices the noise and jumps ship landing lithely on the ground, Hunter follows him after seeing the look on the Eldars face.

Ludias is frantically pressing buttons on the ships console beofre he grabs a back pack and leaps out of the ship himself.

"Get back you two!!!'
The trio sprint away from the Employer and its prize. When the shadowy creature tries to follow it finds its hands stuck to the ship which is in turn stuck to the ground. It growls slightly before the vortex drive in the ships core detonates swallowing the Daemon in a whirling antimatter bomb.

Kais smiles. He had contacted the Dark Eldar earlier and found out they were rebels, and had become so after discovering major treachery and death in the deepest heart of Commaragh.

They were his new best friends.

"Atlas, respond," Kais said, contacting the Dark Eldar and his squad.

"This is Talon, Atlas is just getting a little surprise for this employer, hes always one step ahead, he is."

"Excellent," Kais smirked. "Use it on the employer, and we can celebrate it later."

All is quiet.

There is little that remains of the space-craft, a wing embedded in the ground and a piece of fuselage still burning from the Employers first strike. The Farseer restructured looks at the escaping crew who watch as the Employer is destroyed in an instant, and the three walk towards the Farseer who bows and appears to be far different.

"You have stooped it for the time being but it will require a far stronger psychic attack, I am free from them now. Thank you."


"Great, I'll prep the Raider and the lads and lasses. We're packing some real heavy weapons Shas'O."

The message ends as the Dark Eldar return to their planning, they would not be long.

Ludias sinks to his knees beside the wreckage of his ship angry tears trickling down his face

The wreckage finally stops falling as the Employers steel carapace and other scrap falls and crashes into the ground, its steal helm torn in two and littered across the barren wasteland while what little remains of the hsip are mourned by Ludias.

OOC: There, there, Tyranic...

IC:

"Hunter, the Atlas, Talon, and the others are just preparing the Raider and all the squad. They should be with us shortly. For now, I need to know where you are so we can land near you."

OOC: That was a low blow Reaper...

So I'm under the impression that the Farseer is now non daemonic and perhaps coming with us?

BIC: Beltayn moves forward and places his hand on Ludias' shoulder to comfort him. He sighs

"She served you well Storm, be happy that her spirit is at peace now, there will be plenty of other craft where we are going."

Beltayn turns to Hunter and sees that he is talking with someone and relaying coordinates.

"Tell me, Hunter, who are your friends?"

The Marine looks up and addresses him.

"A Shas O' by the name of Kais. He has a sizable force in orbit above the planet, it is there we are headed now as soon as the transport gets here."

Beltayn nods and goes back to standing beside the sunken Ludias. He wants to say something but knows that nothing else could be said to help, so he just stands there and shares the moment with his friend.

OOC: I really do miss Mikal...

(OOC) Yes the Farseer will try to help you but is still partially corrupted by Chaos and will be unstable and you have to crush the hopes and dreams of you're role players eventually

Chapter One: Darkness rising

Hunter sees that his new friend has been hurt but he knows that he has been hurt, but it is required. The Farseer stands beside him and nods to Hunter;

"The plan is in motion, Syrath is contacting a group of allies and has started the rest of the plan."

"Excellent, It's going to end soon my friend. All off it. Ah hello Shas'O I have prepared a landing site but I do advice caution when landing, the Iron Warriors have set up Anti-Air guns everywhere and are patrolling a large amount of the area."


The Terminators moved away as the Chaos marine was slammed into the doors of the Tech-Lord's Chamber, he tried to move but found himself lifted from the ground and choking as the Tech-Lord gripped his neck with a large servo-arm that acted like a viper but stopped when the Tech-Lord moved further towards the marine and kicked him in the face before forcing him down;

"You could not capture three Snipers when you had thirty men at you're command? The Employers are not pleased, while you may believe that you could escape them you will not. He is yours."

He drops the marine who is dragged towards the floating Employer who pierces his skull and drinks from the failure of a marine before dropping the drained corpse and turning on the Tech-lord.

"We...lost one off our own...to...him...we require...a sacrafice."

"Yes milord"

The Tech-Lord bows and walks off as one of the Terminators is lifted into the air....

Shas'ui T'au Kais wrote:OOC: I really do miss Mikal...

OOC: So do I sometimes but he's got his peace and his story is over...

When the mutants finally get the clue that they SHOULDNT run into the wires they stop and thats where they went wrong as the stim injected eversor jumps behind them and starts chopping them. Bruttaly slaugtering them to the man (i realize that eversors are the perfect khorne fanatics XD)

At least she took one of those dicks with her...
Im beginning to think Ludias is (Regardless of how much I like him) fairly obselete here... I mean he can kill the odd marine but otherwise hes pretty much useless...

(IC) Ludias gets up, a cold fury in his eyes. From the wreckage he takes a long length of steel.

"I need some time."

Tyranic Marta wrote:At least she took one of those dicks with her...
Im beginning to think Ludias is (Regardless of how much I like him) fairly obselete here... I mean he can kill the odd marine but otherwise hes pretty much useless.

OOC: Don't you dare go dying/turning to chaos on me you rascal! Once was enough!

Tyranic Marta wrote:At least she took one of those dicks with her.

Am I the only one who sees that as slightly perverse?

:\ its a ship ineptus

Oh and dont worry Warork, Ludias is going to make himself a weapon.

Tyranic Marta wrote::\ its a ship ineptus

Oh and dont worry Warork, Ludias is going to make himself a weapon.

Yeah...that's how Marius' corruption started...

good point, but i doubt Tyranic would do the same thing twice.

Oh shush this is far more... i was going to say pure but that sounded wrong

Un chaosy

(IC)
Ludias arrays his gear out on a wide flat piece of steel form the wing, a slightly shorter pice in the middle of his tools. He takes a miniature meltagun in his hand and fires a low intensity burst at the short pice of steel. The 3 foot length heats up until its red hot, Then Ludias quickly takes a pair of tongs in one hand and a hammer in the other and begins to hit short taps on the rim of the steel smoothing it into a flat plane about 3 feet long and 6 inches wide. He then folds the stell length wise and beats it flat. Repeating this procedure several times with small bursts of his melta he removes the flaws from the tempered plasteel.

Every dozen or so hits he lathers a thick paste made from dust and a gelatonous liquid that once may have been red. All over the blade. Then folded the mixture into the PLasteel before repeating the process. After a good 30 minutes of this he slices the Plasteel into four sheets which he slowly shapes into rods. The rods are then bent around each other and pounded flat. His hammer comes down in small repeditive taps all along the length of each edge. The thick bevel slowly taking shape. The curves from the bent plasteel are filled with more of the paste giving the blade a veined look. He works solidly at the bevel for a long time with files and whet stones, perfecting the edge, And then firing it with a burst of promethium form a small toolflamer.

The edges take on a dark almost black hue with the red viens in the sword flickering as if on fire. The base of the blade is tapped into a wedge which he then set aside. He takes anouther length of steel and crafts an ornate handle, first beating the plasteel and then moulding it with concentrated shots of preomethium. The hilt of the weapon appears to be a pair of snarling wolves, their necks joining to gether to form the crossguard and the blade extending from this union. (gotta love heritage)

He takes a series of cables and power cords from the wreckage and creates an arc generator tuned to the blades length. The small box is placed into the pommel of the weapon and a circlular pommel is shaped around it. The activation rune is placed on the pommel where he is unlikely to palm it accidentaly and switch it on or off during battle. He joins the Blade and the hilt and fires them briefly slightly misjudging and having to redo some of the details on the wolves. A second try sees the weapon formed.

He flicks the rune and the weapon is covered with corusating arcs of power. The mastercrafted Powerweapon forged with a paste made of holy ceramite and the blood of a Grey knight is finished. A simple locking holster on his back is put in place and Ludias packs up his things, standing with a grim smile.

"Ok. Im ready now"

"I copy that Hunter, we see you, coming in now, hard and fast," Kais says, before ending the connection, and talking to the pilot of the Hammerhead.

"We have got to be fast, and not be seen. I hand picked you to pilot my Hammerhead, now prove to me that it was the right decision."

"Yes Shas'O, I can do that.

The Hammerhead violently lurched forward, going inhumanely fast. Just before it was about to hit the ground and crash, it dumped all of its acceleration and speed, and very slowly landed on the dusty ground.

The back opened up, and all of the Elite Fire Warrior guards filed out of the ship, and stood in a line formation, opposite of each other. Then Kais, in his modified Fire Warrior armour, standing by his friend, Mont'yr, walked out of the craft.

"Hunter, good to see you as always. Now who are our friends here?"

Ludias having just finished his weapon looks at the Tau.
"Your allies Hunter? Im pleased to meet you... shas'o. Ive had the privelige of fighting alongside Tau pathfinders in the past. It was truly an intriguing experience. I may ask what modifications you have made to that rail rifle but knowing you Tau it is identical to the time it came out of the factory. I invite you as a marksman to examine my own personal weapon."

Ludias brings the rifle over his shoulder and holds it loosly stock forwards towards the Tau

"Very interesting weapon. I assume you made all of these modifications yourself?" Kais asked, before seeing Ludias nod. "Very nice, and looks greatly powerful, I can see the care taken with the forging. I commend you on this great work. I have a personal mechanic and forger, who has modified my weapons and my armor, and I have overseen all of it. I find the art and crafting truly spectacular. Once again, I commend you. I also saw you mourning over the ship. Such devotion, through a great relationship. It must have been very strong to resist for so long against that beast."

Kais then walks away, to greet everybody else.

"Now, everybody, I have made preparations for you all to stay on my Command ship, all my Tau have been handpicked by myself, so will cause you no hassle. Now, please, if you would come aboard my ship," he says invitingly, walking back over to the Hammerhead.

Ludias nodded to Bel' his rifle had an inbuilt mechanism that if touched by one tained by chaos it would self destruct violently. it was his way of testing potential Allies and only he and his friend knew of the weapons inner mechanism. However he was sure the Tau would have spotted it if he hadnt disguised the explosive as the Slide of the weapon.

He walked forwards confidantly but he still hadnt sheathed his sword, although activated it was no more the Tau nearby couldnt help but wonder at the danger that the weapon may have represented in the hadns of another.

Beltayn is quietly impressed by the sudden appearance of the Tau gunship and the procession that follows. He watches as Ludias employs his old screening trick and the Tau pass it even if he did not know he was being tested. Beltayn smiled at that, Ludias had stealth in his blood, it was more than a practice, it was a lifestyle, he of all people knew that...

After Ludias introduced himself, Beltayn strode forwards and bowed to the Shas O' he then took his hand in a firm shake.

"I am called Beltayn Cuthalion, I am a warrior of the craftworld of Alaitoc." He said, looking into Shas' eyes with his own.

"A ranger?" The Shas said. Beltayn nodded.

"I have not been called that for many years, by my people's standards I am called a Pathfinder."

"You will have to excuse me, as the only pathfinder's I know are the ones under my command." The Shas O' said, a bit confused. Beltayn smirked a little

"This dreaded Mon Keigh language, it confuses even me who has known if for centuries from time to time." He said shaking his head. "In my people's language I am known as a 'Faron' or a hunter if that helps..."

"It may. It is nice meeting you, Beltayn of Alaitoc, I have seen your kind many times before and it is always a pleasure each time." The Shas said with a smile. Beltayn nods to him once and boards the gunship after Ludias bringing with him his rifle which he slings and his other things from the camp.

The Mutants fall apart in chunks of gore, blood and bone while others are sniped by the Caldius who keeps his distance from the attacking hordes, Oni and Lotus are left with their blades covered in the blood of many heretics while the sniper re-loads as groups of Chaos marines move forward towards the group mounted in Rhinos. As the armoured tanks begin there advance they open fire on the assassins who instantly spread out in order to avoid detection by the Iron Warriors who exit the Rhinos and begin to search for the Assassins.

The Tau Hammer Head takes off leaving the barren world’s atmosphere undisturbed by daemon or Raptor alike, they soon arrive at the Tau Command Ship where it appears a small fleet off Tau and Dark Eldar ships also have arrived through a portal which closes shortly after. As they enter the hanger Shas’O is greeted by a group of Dark Eldar warriors;

“Shas’O we have returned from the Dark City, a Daemon prince had entered it and tried to open a portal in Arcadia. His head now adorns our ship but we are ready to assist you in your fight against these Employers. We have brought with us new weaponry to deal with the Daemonic Scum and we wish to test the weaponry out.”

Talon lifts a large bundle of Dark Lances and begins to load them into a Raider while the others load a large pyramid shaped device into its main bow.

(no comments on my new sword??? >.<

Very cool sword, I am very scarred now. The Employers will have to think about this, they may even need someone to stop you.

"vindicare (not a callidus thats the bodychanger whick is infiltrating) i want turbo penetrators on those rhinos scare the hell out of them"

"You find some Daemons, by all means test them out. It is good to have you with us," Kais says to Atlas, before turning away to walk back to the bridge to see what is happening. "You may join me, if you wish," Kais says to everybody before he leaves.

Ludias stands beside Beltayn watching the retreating back of the Shas'o
"What are your thoughts on the alliance here Bel'? Dark eldar? Can we work alongside them? Can you work alongside them?"

"Yes Shas'O Tau Kais, we will track down the beasts and test our new weaponry on them."

Atlas gives orders to other Dark Eldar who begin to transport the weaponry onto other Raiders while Talon discusses tactics with the Tau officers and troops. The bridge is crowded with Tau who have to keep monitoring a stealth field keeping the Tau ships out of radar sights.

The first Rhino explodes, causing confusion amongst the Chaos marine seeker squads who begin to back away from the burnt out wreak. Another Rhino explodes sending wreckage flying everywhere panicking the Chaos marines.

"You will have to, we have a far greater threat. I know what they will do, I can still hear the voices inside my head. Foul hissing and sinister Daemonic languge, it's so painful to hear them speek. "

The Farseer steps forward with a black aura that seems to swarm around her.

Beltayn's eye dart between the Dark Eldar and the Farseer, he doesn't like this situation one bit but he speaks to Ludias after a sigh.

"It is not the best situation but it is not like we have much choice. Again, I'm not saying I will trust them but If it is for all our sakes then I will do what is necessary."

Beltayn is silent for a moment and looks at the ground, his arms folded.

"I still don't like it though."

The same Daemon in the black suit appears in the back off the hanger and draws a long blade which he uses to cut his finger and spill his blood on the floor causing the Farseer to shriek in utter pain grabbing her head and shaking it violently. Her form twisting between her Eldar and Daemon form, the suited Daemon dissipers in the blink off an eye keaving the Farseer in horrid pain.

"Niether do I old friend, niether do I"
He looks around cautiously before continueing
"Dont knife any of them just yet, hmm? We may need them and at the moment I dont think even we could fight our way out of this"

(>.< can you guys remember when syrath was a feathered snake?)

OOC: I'm getting a real G-Man vibe from these Employers...always randomly appearing, screwing everyone over, and then disappearing...

BIC: Everyone looks to the Farseer as she writhes from the assault, wondering what's going on...Beltayn, however, smells the blood and walks over to it, he squats and smells it, almost gagging at its stench.

"It reeks of warp essence, these 'employers' are becoming tiresome..." He looks at everyone watching him. "I have heard what these daemons have done and I think it is time we stop them. They have taken our family..." He said looking at the twitching Farseer. "They have taken our friends." He said, looking at Shas and Hunter. "And they have hurt in some way all of us here. I have not known their names for long but already I grow tired of their scheming and meddling. It is time someone hunt them down." Beltayn looks back to Ludias but speaks to the group.

"I'm prepared to put our differences aside to eliminate this threat, one that threatens the galaxy if I have heard correctly, what say you?"

Ludias doesnt even have to say anything, he knew his friend was right. He draws his sword smoothly and Bel' raises an eyebrow at him.
"You actually know how to use that?"
"Would I have spent the better part of an evening making it if I diddnt?"
"Fair point"
"Thankyou"
Beltayn looks at Ludias one more time amusedly before turning to the assembled races.
"What my esteemed collegue is trying to say is that hes in. Now who else is with us?"
"What my esteemed

OOC: Well, uh, Kais said he was going to the bridge, so somebody will have to go and tell him...

IC:

Kais stood on the bridge, pondering over the deaths of Mikal and Marius, how Marius was turned to Chaos, but died beside his best, true friend. He wished he could have been there.

Atlas walked out onto the bridge, towards Kais, and spoke.

"I need to talk to you about something."

"There is something on this ship, it matches you're description of Syrath. I saw it for seconds but I know it is here, we must be vigilant as it stalks the corridors and halls of the grand craft and it has mentally assaulted the Farseer. I'm deploying my guards to every major entrance and area on the ship and my Incubi Honor guards are ready to defend you and the crew here but remember, the Daemon is a sneaky one."

Atlas loads his Splinter Rifle and Nods to a passing Hunter who watches as Incubi stand guard on the bridge with great pride, even with a helm Hunter displays a very questionable trust amongst the elitist warriors of the Dark Eldar.

"Are you sure about this? With Syrath here should we not capture the beast then kill him? Find out what he wants and what is his information is about the Employers, it could help us in our war against them."


In the hanger the Farseer stops howling in pain as she is dragged into a door way by a cloaked force that is only vaguely visible, the doors shut behind it before the Tau pursuers can get near to the Daemon. The Dark Eldar move and begin to cut open the door while Ludius and Bel leave the pool off blood to investigate the attack.

A mildly amused Ludias watches the happenings with something approaching mirth. His mind already going over the events, the crude use of physical force, ineconomic use of strength. A creature far to easy to eliminate. And all that stood between himself and it was a door.

"Beltayn. Are we doing this?"

Beltayn simply nods at the question and grabs his pistol with one hand, his sabre with the other, as soon as his dark cousins finish cutting the door open he gives it a strong kick and it goes over with a loud thump. Beltayn tosses something inside and as it impacts the ground it bursts into a huge plume of smoke, filling the corridor with a layer of haze that is impenatrable for the naked, untrained eye. Beltayn rolls into the room, expecting some sort of attack and feels Ludias' presence as he also comes in, followed by the Tau fireteam and the Dark Eldar. Together, they fan out and attmpt to trap the daemon they all know is in the room. Beltayn points his pistol in front of him and holds his sabre in a defensive stance, he sweeps the corridor, coiled like a snake prepared to strike...

"Oh my prey, my prey, why do you hide?" He said mockingly as if with bravado, in a sing song voice, the tactic was subtle, by enciting the target's anger at his words he could possibly make him slip up and make an unprepared strike that would be his downfall. "Come out, come out wherever you hide and I promise you this will be swift." He says, almost enjoying the wait...

Ludias follows his friend, the sword in his hand steady the pistol in the other roaming. A few seconds after the smoke grenade went of he nods to Beltayn who passes the message around that when the two gave the signal to cover their eyes.

Ludias waits anouther ten seconds before nodding to Bel' who covers his eyes with one hand bringing the other up in a fist. Ludias throws a small sphere into the middle of the cordoned area and covers his eyes. If he hadnt done so the blinding sheet of white light would have stunned him and burned his retenas out. As it was he merly took his hand away and sprinted forwards Bel' next to him as they charged through the smog.

The Farseers limp body falls through the smoke, while unconscious the Farseer is still injured and bleeding. Syrath stalks through the shadows and watches the two assassins before leaping towards Ludias and Bel, pushing Bel out the way and focusing his attention towards Ludias.

Ludias darts forwards ducking forwards waiting as his hand snapped forwards with the weapon. As expected The serpent dodged around the blade and made a lightning fast attack at Ludias' chest. This creature was far far to predictable. Ludias' semi extended arm twisted across himself and impaled the Daemons hand with the sword which Ludais dragged unceremoniously up the Daemons arm, splitting it in twain. The daemons srieks were very much audible and Ludias' autosenses shut outthe worst of the noise and then even more when Bel's sword plunged through the daemons back.

Syrath was bloody and broken, his suit that was once made of fine materials and intimidated his foes was covered in dark red blood and his right arm shattered and broken. Unable to stand Syrath supports himself on a pile of crates and hisses at two opponents, in a last ditch effort Syrath attempts to slash his blade across Ludias's throat only to have his hand grabbed and broken by the Sniper.

Beltayn hears the daemon's pitiful screams as Ludias twists its arm around and pins it to the wall. Beltayn firmly grips his sabre with both his hands and flicks the sizzling blood off of it. As Ludias effortlessly holds the daemon down, Beltayn puts his sabre at its neck, it hisses at him. Beltayn scowls at the thing and spits in its face before bringing his sword down in a decapitatiing blow. As the head drops to the floor, he puts a round through its temple from his pistol.

"Such arrogance does not befit one who has fallen so low." the eldar says cruelly as he holsters his weapon. the other xenos get there just as he is walking away and he shrugs to them.

"Its clear." He says as he cleans off the blade of his sword with a cloth, he nods to Ludias, a small gesture of appreciation for being prompt and as merciless as always.

What remains of Syrath dissolves into bone and ash, no flesh is left and burning ash begins to disperse itself. The Dark Eldar retrieve what remains of the Daemon for study and testing while the Farseer makes sure that the remains are kept in a sealed and ruin covered chamber.

Kais stands on the bridge, Atlas still in the room, speaking to Talon. Hunter walks towards Kais, and speaks quietly to him.

"Do you really think we can trust these Dark Eldar, Kais? I trust your judgement, but, Dark Eldar?"

"They are rebels, Hunter, forced out of their home by the Daemons that stalked the place. They are welcome here, as they fight for the same thing as we do. Total annihilation of Chaos."

"I see, I also have just received news that Syrath has been neutralised and his remains being examined. I will return to the armory and prepare the troops for further combat situations and boarding actions."

Hunter is let out of the bridge by the Incubi Guards who return to there statue like positions.

"No," Kais thought to himself. "Now we won't be able to question him. We can't if hes dead. We needed to speak to him. Find out about the Employers, why Mikal and Marius had to die for it."

"I tell the Dark Eldar to get his skull talking but nothing else, I can't be bothered getting that thing tied down. Its impossible to get that thing quite but I can imagine when he's a weakened essence he won't try to deify us."

Hunter bows to the Shas'O.

"Thank you Hunter."

Kais thinks to himself again.

"So he is not fully destroyed. Good, he is our main source of information."

Syrath's remains were placed in a strange pattern, each chained together and runic symbols painted on each bone. Several Dark Eldar clad in robes stand in a circle around the bones and begin to chant and perform the ritual in order to control Syrath;

"Flesh of a immortal, taken from the family"

The Farseer is pushed forward and has the palm of her hand sliced off and the blood poured onto the bleak bones;

"Blood off the master newly crowned"

Hunter cuts a vain and pours it onto the bones, which begin to wrack and clatter;

"Soul of the tormented willfully given"

A crystal containing many trapped souls is placed in the center of the rising bones;

"We bind you lord Syrath to a new lord, arise Dark Serpent you shall again!"

A swirling green abyss forms, the bones glow and flesh forms around them. Scales and feathers growl while two sets of blade like claws come into view and the skeletal being rises for seconds before dropping to the ground, Syrath is restructured.

"Hello, Syrath. It has been some time. Now, how far are we going to have to go for you to tell us about the Employers?" Kais asks, chuckling, before nodding to Hunter.

Syrath growls loudly and steps forward realising his situation, Syrath sighs and bows to Hunter;

"What do...you need to know mortal scum?"

Ludias runs the tip of his blade along the Daemons cheek eliciting a shriek.
"None of that thankyou. You been so polite in the past... whats changed? or is it just the feeling of complete despair... I diddnt even know daemons could feel despair...

How does it feel daeon? To know that your so called, "Employers" have left you for dead?"

Syrath hisses and raises his bladed hands only to stop and growl at the Assassin, he spits at him and laughs coldly;

"My older Employers will soon feel my wrath, I being bonded to Hunter means nothing fool. Simply that I must assist you to destroy them, and I have many of their secrets."

OOC: Um, I, he didn't even notice me!

IC:

Kais took out his rail rifle, and planted it firmly to Syraths head, before beginning to charge it.

"Then tell us all of it! Every last secret you know! Or believe me, we will keep on killing you until your body refuses to be reassembled!"

Ludias shrugs at the Shas'o's words
"I know enough about the way these daemons ressurect themselves to make sure he never... expires"

He runs the flat of his blade across the daemons chest, leaving a trail of scorched scales that drop to the ground and an agonised daemon.

He takes a pouch of red dust from his belt and sprinkles it across the wound, sealing it.

"I use this dust to obliterate inquisitors that... disagree with me, it seems to be more agreeable with daemon flesh"

"Thank you...but I will happily give you the secrets but I do require something...that I will not be harmed by you If I do so."

Syrath sits down on the floor with his legs crossed completely care free, even if a a large amount of Tau and Dark Eldar are pointing their weaponry at him.

"Then tell us now, and I will make sure no harm comes to you. But you have to tell us now!"

Ludias looks slightly put out and adopts a humerously pleading manner
"Please can we torture him anyway? please?"

"The Employers are sending troops to stop us, quite soon in fact and I suggest that you prepare for war on a massive scale. The Space Hulk Unborn Retribution will arrive here in two hours and it contains several secrets within its dark depths."

"Anything else we should know?"

"Not much now but later their will be more."

Ludias nods to Bel' who inclines his head and speaks
"We can slow them down, if not rout some of their positions entirely, the forces of chaos may be strong but they value self peservation above victory. We can use this to our advantage, Ludias and I can target large areas of weak morale troops to rout those, and the sight of such a large number of their allies fleeing may make them flee as well. It may not work to perfection but it is certainly worth a try."
"Shas'o my friend here and I would appreciate the assistance of some Tau pathfinders, they wouldbe instrumental in breaking some of the sturdier elements of the enemy, and for providing additional firepower."
"My Mon-Keigh associate speaks well, the pathfinders of your race would be greatly appreciated in aiding us."

Syrath moves forward in a defensive stance, Syrath nods to the Tau and Dark Eldar who lower their weapons;

"I will accompany you, I wish to assist you."

Ludias frowns
"How can I trust you? Shas'o... Farseer... is there any record of this Daemon being trustworthy in the past.?"

"I am binder to Hunter, I must obey his orders and commands."

Syrath looks over to Hunter who nods to the Daemon;

"You even trust the Farseer do you not?"

"perhaps... I am unsure. What I am sure of is that i will fill you with holy promethium if you double cross us."

"I thought servants of the Emperor hated both Xenos and Daemon alike? Anyway I will not betray you Luidius and I know their secrets that will help you fight against them."

"HAHAHAHA I am no servant of the emperor, HAHAHA oh I am a mercanary, did I not just say that i have designed bullets for the death of inquisitors?"

"Funny, now shall we leave?"

Syrath snarls and hisses at the Assassin with rage but makes not attack.

Ludias moves forwards and raises the point of his sword to hover beneath the Daemons chin.
"From where this sword is now one short stab would render you mute.... Not dead, just unable to speak. Im sure that would make you useless to the Tau but oh how satisfying that would be. You will out live your usefulness Daemon, and when you do I will be there to cut your tongue out."

"But that time would not be now would it? No. Now we must leave, the Iron Warrior will be preparing for our attack."

Syrath lowers Luidius's sword and smirks.

Ludias doesnt and flicks his sword, slicing of a few talons.
"Dont get smart with me daemon. It wont do you any good."

Syrath roars in fury and anger, most of his left handed talons are gone and will not return due to the properties of th weapon. He grabs his long sword and raises it into the air allowing it to gather energy and power causing it to burst into blue and purple flames that knock most of the Troops around him to the ground before placing a strange Daemonic helm on his head and snering at Luidius.

"You have dishounered me, my only choice is to regain it."

"Fine"
Ludias calmly steps backwards raising his sword.

Syrath bows and raises his blade into a defensive stance while giving him room to attack if he must, the Daemon does not snarl but bows his head again.

Ludias is truly calm his mind autologging in the most likely path of Syraths attacks into his masks Hud, showing the areas of assault the Daemon was most likely to use and he adjusted his stance accordingly. Using the time of standof to furthur rready himself. This was Ludias' way, always be prepared

Syrath moves forward before attempting to strike Luidius with dark precision.

Ludias sees the Daemons body tense and then the muscles begin to release energy, noticing the pattern of muscles being used he locked the track that the Daemon was using and ducked low rolled and brought his blade across the Daemons elbow, severing his sword arm.

Ludias walks forwards a couple of steps before turning around.
"There is no honour to be had in anger daemon, you are no match for me"

Syrath stummbles back and bows, deafeted and pathetic. He soon warps away leaving only a black shadowy mist of smoke and gas. The Farseer sighs shamfully and walks overt Luidius;

"We need to talk."

"Agreed, do I need to put your in your place as well?"

"Ludias, what was that?! You just lost me my greatest asset, if you hadn't angered him so much he would still have been very useful to us. But now we are stuck, again! "Think carefully about whos side your on!" Kais shouts angrily, before trudging off to his personal quarters.

Ludias moves so swiftly that the tau cant even react. He has his thick muscles arm around the Shas'o's neck and his sword at the sames back the power field cracking ominously.
"Dont think for a second that im on your personal staff. Im a mercanary, and you havnt payed me yet. I respect you but the moment you disrespect me you lose your innards to the ground. And you Tau, dont even think about firing. I dont need to tell you what happens if you do.

That daemon was nearly the direct reason that I lost my only sure fire way off this rock. Forgive me for putting him in his place. And furthur more. Hunter summon him back, he is bound to you."
Hunter summons the daemon back and Syrath appears in his usual puff
"Im going to let you go now Tau. But dont think for a second that I wont kill you if you or any of your men try to get on the wrong side of me. You havnt earned my trust yet. The only people here who have are Beltayn and Hunter, if you can give me a new ship then that would be considered payment and I would be under your command. However you havnt payed me in anyway, thus why I am doing this. Im a mercanary, not a bleeding heart do gooder, I have the blood of every major faction of this galaxy on my hands. From the sons of the Emperor to the Tyranids, I am not a furry little thing to be petted and used for your ends. I have worked alongside your men so far under a common goal. But as soon as you stop giving me reason to be on your side then I wont be. However if you do manage to earn my trust then Bel' and I are powerful allies. Remember that."

Ludias lets go of the Tau and sheathes his sword stepping calmly away from the

Syrath snarls and moves forward, his flesh turning almost invisible and his essence cloaked from detection. He moves towards Ludias and raises his talons before charging and bringing Ludias to the ground and pointing his talons to the Snipers neck, Syrath sniggers at the Sniper before grabbing him by the neck and raising him to eye level. Syrath appears to be larger and have a strange crown of Horns and a folded in set of wings that twitch and move every second or so.

"Just remembered my friends had some loose ends to tie up and I was paid well"

OOC: Tyranic, I said I was back at my personal quarters...

... and please don't do that to me and other characters, because unless it is a fight it is not necessary, and it is in a way godmodding as you are basically saying "oh, I've got my sword to your neck now, and I am proving that I am the boss"...

... sorry, but it just really annoys me...

... and hey, I get annoyed when people do that to NPC's...

... I'll let you off this time...

IC:

As soon as Ludias is within safe distance, Kais speaks.

"Train your guns on him, Warriors."

Ludias goes to wield his sword and attack, but even Hunter puts his gun to his head. Kais speaks angrily.

"Nobody ever threatens me on my own ship, and if you get that angry over a little moaning, which you justly deserve, I wonder how you ever make any friends. Now, I do not want you on my ship, or any other in the entire fleet. My Warriors will not shoot you unless they are given the direct order. Now, I want you off my ship and away to any mercenary lover that will pay you. As for your "payment", you will take one of ships and leave. Do I make myself clear?"

I'll let you work this out (Sinister laughter)

(no you said you were heading there, he intercepted you b4 you got there, its simple really and hey i get annoyed when people forget key elements about my character like the fact that hes a MERCANARY and not on anybodies side until they pay him. did you decide to think about that? hmm? no. So forgive me for making a point, and reaper i have made it quite clear through prvious posts that there is no way in hell that Syrath could have snuck up on him. Ludias' mask is designed to check for any kind of movement, whether it be pressure differences or siesmec tremors on even a minute scale. Pretty standard equipment for an inventor really. Especially one who happens to be a sniper)

Ludias stabs his sword into the Daemons gut, twisting out of his grip, landing on the floor and standing he hears the Shas'o's words and feels the gun go to his temple.
He mutters
"Amatuers"
Slapping the gun away from his forhead he slips his powersword through huntersw neck and then rolls to the side avoiding a hail of fire. His blade sweeps through the neck of one Tau warrior and Ludias uses his body as a shield as he guns down the others with his pistol. He takes a plasma round to the right shoulder and grimaces but kicks the Tau corpse at the offender who goes down with it. Ludias puts a bullet though his skull. The Dark eldar fire lances at him but hes already moved, ducking behind a set of crates which explode from the fire trained on them. Ludias moves through the explosion his suit taking the brunt of it and firing his pistol in controlled shots bringing the Dark Eldar down. He rolls to the side and then takes a rail rifle shot to the arm, nearly severing his left wrist. His pistol clatters to the floor but he ignores the near blackout of the cauterised wound and Sprints towards the Shas'o before he has time to fire again and boots the tau into a wall while lopping of the front of the rifle with his sword. Standing over the tau he kicks him Heartily in the heead knocking him out cold before taking his pistol and rifle of him and throwing them to a corner. He takes of his mask and bandages his arm in place while the Tau groggily awakes.
"Im still open to negotiation. The way I make friends is through trusting people who can recognise when they are beaten, if you cant notice that point then you arnt worthy of my trust. You are beaten, do you accept it?"

(Take that post how you will. Thats what happens when i get pissed off, Im signing of for the night kill my character whatever. But dont take me for granted again and dont piss me off)

Hunter raises his rifle and takes aim behind Ludias, Syrath retreats back into the warp while Incubi arrive ready to defend Shas'O but keep their distance between the Sniper and Tau. Syrath is instantly called back by Hunter even through if he is weakened by the attack. Syrath snarls and swears at Luidas with Daemonic words while Hunter moves forward;

"Stay still Assassin."

OOC:Tyranic, seriously, stop getting so worked up and have you character act like a dick, Kais only said that he wanted you off his ship, and Hunter is a trained killer, and has been doing this for ages, at the sight movement he would have blown your head off, even as a trained warrior/mercenary, you would not be able to fend off that many attackers, let alone get close enough top knock me out, that whole post was full of godmodding, and I hate to sound like an utter dick, but believe me, I HATE godmodding...

... also, I did not take you for granted, you pissed my character off severely when you threatened to kill him, and he just wanted you off his ship...

I have to agree with Shas, the amount of troops would have killed you if you were within such a close range. While you're character may be a trained Sniper, the combined power of the Dark Eldar and Tau who are heavily trained in long ranged combat and Hunter who fights Daemons everyday would have been able to gun you down, lets just work this out and return to the RPG.

OOC: I leave you guys alone for a day and you're at each other's throats...don't make me turn this RP around!

Well...it seems some people were RPing whilst annoyed/miffed, lets not try to do that, it makes people RP all jerklike and an unfun time is had by all...

Now then...

BIC: As the net closed in on Ludias watched with interest. He had been watching ever since Ludias had Challenged Syrath all the way up to now. Ludias sighed and shook his head, if there was one thing about Ludias that might one day get him killed it was his pride. That was what this was all about, the xenos and the daemon had hurt his pride and now he was intent on showing them exactly what he could do. Somewhere inside, Beltayn wished he had stopped Ludias before now but at the time he had thought it might not go well for him if he had...

Suddenly, a slow clapping came from behind all of the soldiers pointing guns at Ludias, it was so sudden that all of them turned to see Beltayn standing there with an annoyed look on his face, slowly clapping in a mock applause for the standoff...

"If you are quite done wagging you pisser around, Ludias, perhaps we should leave before both of us are dead." He said in a tone that matched the look on his face. He walked forwards to stand by Ludias' side. "Honestly Storm, I have stood by you for the past few years and this is the single stupidest thing you've ever done." Beltayn said scathingly, he did not wish to anger his friend, just let him have a moment to think about what he was doing...

"Continue to make a fool of yourself and I wont hesitate to stop you from embarassing both of us." Beltayn said in a louder voice, gripping his rifle, his eyes fixing Ludias with an icy glare. He grabbed Ludias' arm and pulled him away.

"Leave it before neither of us can walk away without our limbs attatched." He said before turning to the Shas. "I apologize for my friend's action, we will be leaving now, and hopefully we will not see your forces again while here, I thank you for your graciousness."

With that, Beltayn drags Ludias towards the exit, ending his standoff...he was sure the two would be trading words later...if not blows...

Thank you WARORK93, we will continue shortly and also here is a link to the discussion thread;

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/385154.page

Kais motions for Bel'tayn to stop one minute.

"I do not care for you to stay, as it was your friends foolish action that mean he must leave, not you. You are still always welcome here as you have helped us greatly, for which I thank you," Kais bows his head in appreciation. "And if we do meet him again, we will not shoot, as it is not our way."

Beltayn return's the Shas O's bow.

"I thank you for your offer but despite his episode, Ludias is still my comrade and I will follow him. Please trust me, for now, this is for the best, perhaps later we can work together on better terms but now is obviously not the time."

Beltayn picks up Ludias severed hand and prys the pistol from it, shoving both of them at him, he sighs with dissapointment but says nothing and heads for the exit...

nothing more needed to be said, it would just be best if the two were to leave this tradgedy behind them...

The Shuttle exits the hanger of the Tau ship, the small but versatile craft begins to near the planet's atmosphere and is dragged down by an unknown force. The ship shakes as long-range AA-guns destroy one of the ships engines causing it to spin out of control and is hit a second time, as the ship crashes onto the surface of the barren planet Chaos marines soon deploy and begin to search the crash site for survivors lead by the Daemon Prince Coraks. The massive winged Khornate Daemon descends from the skies as the Chaos marines drag the unconscious bodies of Luidias and Beltyan from the wreckage, a Chaos marine Sergent greets the mighty Daemon Prince.

"Milord we have recovered the two matching the description given by the Tech-lord, I shall call a transpor..."

The Daemon Prince grabs the marine and roars in a black fury

"No! You shall not steal my glory whelp, I shall take them to the Employers."

Coraks grabs the two with his massive Eagle like talons and flies off into the air leaving the Chaos marine dazed and confused. The Daemon prince soars through the sky unopposed by the other sky faring Daemons who had learned to fear him long ago, he soon landed at the main spire of the fortress and dropped the two snipers beneath the awaiting Employer.

"Milord I have brou..."


"Leave...now...Coraks"

Kais is walking back to the bridge, when he hears Mont'yr speak in his helmet.

"Shas'O! You will want to hear this. The ship taking Bel'tayn and Ludias away from the ship has been shot down, and scans show Daemons dragging them from the wreckage!"

Kais pondered this thought. The two had helped him a lot. But he had lost all respect for Ludias when he threatened to kill him. But Bel had helped him, and showed his races true good nature.

He had to help them.

"Mont'yr, call for Hunter and Atlas' squad of Dark Eldar. Tell them to assemble in the hangar, where I will be waiting. We are going to stage a rescue mission, I owe Bel'tan that much."

"Shas'O we cannot stage an assault on the fortress, it is to heavily fortified. Infiltration may work but the odds are far against us Shas'O"

Hunter laughed loudly as he entered the bridge;

"As well as Odds we have the Hordes of Chaos fighting us and a group of extremely powerful Daemons, the Odds can wait till we've dealt with this."

Atlas and his Dark Eldar arrive behind him carrying long ranged Splinter Rifles.

"We need to go down there and help them. And as a bonus, we may meet the Employers," Kais says, turning to face Hunter. "Hunter, you are an expert at stealth and infiltation. If we lead a small team of me, you, and Atlas and his squad, we could be able to get in there and find them, hopefully finding the employers as well."

"It will be difficult, I need time to plan but the Employers are not to be underestimated at all."

Hunter nods to Kain and summons an annoyed Syrath;

"What human? I have deals to make!"

"Help Shas Daemon or you will find you're self in horrid pain Daemon."

"Syrath. What defenses to the Employers have? What possible way could I find them with?"

(*Shrug* That was a mixture of boredom and sheer anger. It wont happen again but I have a few things to say that I hope all of you listen to.
A: Please for the love of all things 40K remember that I play my characters so far in character that I frequently have to make them do things I dont want them to. Dont take anything I do personally and I wouldnt dream of Killing a PC unless they gave me real reason to.
B: Youll notice that I actually Killed hunter in that episode, search through it again. And before you say thats overpowered I refer you to the Employers, all I simply did was put a power sword through his neck
C: I never let myself come out of these things unscathed. Ever, I have two nasty wounds as well as whatever Syrath did. One of these wounds will stop me using my trademark rifle for a good chunk of this RP.
Thanks for listening chaps)

Ludias hit the ground and grimaced in pain. His wrist was healing slowly, the Haemonculous had told him that this would happen. Unless the wound was fatal it would heal over time, and even then the fatal wounds could be cured if all body parts could touch thier comrades.

He tried to flex his fingers but even now he still couldnt, it would be weeks before he could use his rifle again. He thought back to the hold of the ship and felt a stab of shame and anger. He had liked the marine and the Tau, why couldnt they just let everyone get along? And why the hell did that Tau think he had any control over Ludias he hadnt payed him. And hadnt earned Ludias' trust. He looked over to where bel' was, groaning at the impact from the fall and he drew his sword and flicked it over to him. The loud clanging of the steel on steel quite obvious.
"I dont deserve that... Take it."
He then looked up at the Employer a sudden resignation in his eyes.
"Do your worst."
He grins slightly while his hand dissapears into a pouch on his utility jacket.

"Welcome Sniper, unlike my brothers my speech is not to limited and you are very impotent."

The Employer moves forward and holds Luidias in its telekinetic grip and moves him to a safe distance;

"We can offer you many things indeed and reward you with star systems, just sign our contract and you will be a god."

"I want details Daemon"
Ludias is calmly talking to the Daemon, no intention of joining the fool. But if he has to he will detonate the vortex grenade he is calmly holding in his hand...

(Im not sure I like the way you keep trying to railroad me into taking the daemons path Reaper :\)

(OOC) The Daemons do have a use for you, that's why they are hunting you down

"If you sign our grand contract we will give you anything that you wish for, there are no flaws or loop holes in our contracts and if you wish to sign our contract set through the portal but If you do not wish to enter we can give you a battle you cannot win. Chose now Luidias."

A green portal opens behind the Employer that buzzes with warp energy.

Ludias looks down at Bel' and the sword that the Eldar is holding. Was he truly worthy to hold that weapon? His mind swept over the events of the past few days. These Daemons had been chasing him for some unknown purpose. his friend had decryed them at every turn, the Tau and even Dark Eldar, were here to try and stop them... His mind ran over the possibilities of his plan. Yes he had a plan. He focussed on one goal not having the time to do anything else.
"I would look into your Eyes Daemon."

"What?...What games do you play Sniper? Must I probe you're blasted mind?"

The Daemon moves forward and raises the Sniper into the air and shakes him violently;

"Answer me now!"

Ludias waits patiently until the shaking stops, which is quite a while.
"Just lift me up."

"Fine but do not try to betray us"

The Employer lifts the Sniper into the air with its telekinesis and holds him there.

"Tell me straight, (lookign straight into the Daemons eyes... my mask can filter insanity) why do you want me on your side so badly"

"You're power and abbilties intrigue us so greatly, you are amazing compared to these peety Chaos lords. Think about it, you could be so great Luidias and we will give you anything."

"... Your trying to tell me that you want my services... As an inventor?"
Ludias frowns.
"Thats a shame. Because I only make things once. And for one person."
He flicks the primed vortex grenade at the Daemons eye.
"Me"

As the grenade hits the Employer it screatches and crawls away in fear as the vortex tears apart the top of the spire, Luidias and Beltyan jump out off the wayas the enraged and injured Employer roars in fury.

"Kill...them!"

The pair are in freefall and Ludias' plan is working to perfection, Ludias grabs Beltayn and blinks at a icon on his hud. A membrane attatches between his arms and chest and his legs on his suit and he spreads himsel wide. The membrane slows their descent and allows him to aim for out side the fortress. A couple of minutes later they touch down.

"That was too close."

Croaks follows, as he crashes into the ground he roars in a bloody fury and charges. He slams his massive blade into the ground cause a ripple like effect that sends the pair flying, they slam into a wall and are confronted by the massive Daemon.

Bel' flicks Ludias his sword
"You definitly deserve it my friend"
Ludias nods at the unspoken agreement. This Daemon had to die.

Coraks did not care for timing and slammed his blade into the wall beside the two before roaring in fury as he struck again, the Employer watched from the air studying every move that the trio made.

Ludias waited until the blade was buried in the wall before hacking down on the wrist of the Daemon slicing the hand off, backing away form him he forces the Daemon to watch him as Bel' flanks around behind the beast.

this should be made a book lol

so many people say that about these RP's its fecking awesome

Tyranic Marta wrote:Ludias waited until the blade was buried in the wall before hacking down on the wrist of the Daemon slicing the hand off, backing away form him he forces the Daemon to watch him as Bel' flanks around behind the beast.

Continue...

this is Legend...wait for it......wait for it.....

Beltayn nodded to Ludias while he distracted the daemon, hopping left and right to avoid the blows...He wasn't too prideful to admit he had been scared for a moment, he actually half expected for the sniper to take the daemon up on its offer. That in itself was a troubling thought, ever since they'd come here, he'd seen it change Ludias, truth be told, he was concerned fro his friend's well being.

He had no time to concentrate now though, he dashed lithely around the daemon's body and deftly vaulted onto its back, using its scales to get on top of the thing's head. Only then did the daemon notice him and tried to bat him away, but he took his attention off of Ludias who cut into the creature's gut with his sword. The daemon screamed violently and clutched the wound in his stomach and Beltayn took his chance.

He whipped out his sabre with a tug and a glint of reflected light, masterfully twirling it until it was facing down and drove it into the daemon's skull, he didn't stop there, before the thing could react, he wrenched the hole open wider and at the same time brought a small device out of his equipment, it was a shuriken charge, encrypted with runes that warded off warp energy.. Beltayn forced the device into the Daemon's skull and pulled his greasy hand out of it, having activated the charge. He leapt off of the writhing daemon, rolling to a stop as his device went off and the sound of a muffled shrieking bang and squish of liquifying daemon flesh was heard.

Ludias had rolled out of the way after seeing the device in Bel's hand, he diddnt want to be covered in daemon ju ju.

Standing now he watched the headless daemon sink to the ground, grinning at Bel' he sais
"I was wondering where you had put that thing."

OOC: Wait, did you just kill the Employer or Coraks?

Please don't say you killed the Employer because, I do hope you don't take this personally, that would be a bit overpowered for two people to take on and let alone win against one...

... and also you have ruined my rescue attempt...

... thanks...

... to be honest, I am sorry if this sounds like I am having a massive moan, but it seems as if my character hasn't done, and won't do anything seriously important...

... just expressing my thoughts...

(OOC) They've killed neither, if you remember all of the Employers higher servants have the ability to regenerate wounds or attacks on a great scale;

Coraks limp body rises as the stub that was once his left hand begins to grow, veins and bone are first before mussel while his skull takes more time to regrow. The Employer swoops down and fires a bolt of warp energy that sends both Luidias and Beltyan flying backwards before grabbing Beltyan and Luidias with its telekinesis and slamming them against the floor.

Yeah but I am kinda annoyed that Kais really hasn't done anything important yet...

... oh well, no use moaning about it, time to do something...

... can we start the rescue mission yet?

Hunter returns carrying his sniper rifle along with Atlas and the Dark Eldar;


"We need a Devilfish, add several stealth field generators and we've got a stealth ship. Hopefully we won't be spoted and blown out of the sky within seconds Shas'O. Syrath scout ahead and cause some trouble if you can."

Syrath nods and teleports in a cloud of smoke.

"Okay everybody. We will need to get in there, without being seen, silent kills only, and find Ludias and Bel'tayn and get them out safely. Everybody understand?" Kais asks, replied with a few nods. "Lets do this."

The Silver shark left the hanger and began to quickly move towards the planet avoiding any air Daemons with percision as it engaged its stealth fields that both hid the ship from site and radar, Talon moved the drop-ship towards the fortesses main spire courtyard were Luidias and Beltyan battled an Employer.

"Time to test our weaponry Shas'O!"

"Let's go, and feel free to use any weaponry which will help. It's time to give this Employer our greeting," Kais says as Atlas and his squad drop off on the spire. "Hunter, stay with me, we need to get to a vantage point to give our allies sniping cover. Pilot! Drop us off near the top on that landing!"

Kais drops off when the craft is in position, and along with Hunter moves to the best vantage point available, and begins to snipe the enemies, with Kais aiming specifically for weak points of the employer.

The Employer turns to see Kais, it's metal frame ignores the shots that would have killed most foes within seconds and begins to move forward until it hisses and turns towards Hunter as he fires his special rounds into the Employers helm. It roars and sends a psychic blast that knocks Hunter down and turns back to Atlas and Talon who bring up a large, heavily modified Dark Lance.

"Fire!"

The Employer screams in pain and retreats using a shield of shrapnel held by its telekinetic powers but does not leave without saying goodbye, as a final attack the Employer lets out a great psychic scream before warping away. Chaos marines begin to arrive from several directions and instantly open fire on the Xenos.

"Adjust fire to take out the Chaos Marine!" Kais shouts, adjusting his angle so he can take out the newly arrived hostiles.

The Chaos marines begin to take cover as the Dark Eldar attack them with an array of poisoned weaponry that forces any Marine back into cover, Hunter takes sniping position forcing several Chaos marines back into the nearby barracks before moving towards Kais.

"We must move now."

"Agreed," Kais says, before making contact with The Silver Shark. "Pilot, I need you to come back round for us, we are taking fire, and need extraction. Bel! Ludias! We need to get away from this place!"

Several silver armored marines emerge from a door way and move quickly towards the defending Xenos, they wear heresy era armor engraved with Chaos runes and wear Chain mail and cloaks that cover their legs bearing symbols and trinkets from defeated enemies. The leader emerges and quickly fires at Hunter forcing him back while pointing towards the defending Xenos;

"Kill the Xenos...quickly"

(Love it how hunter is still alive :\, the least you can do after wipiing out my sole means of decent travel is to let me kill an NPC that my character should butcher, meh whteva, this RP isnt as good as your other ones Reaper and Im not sure why, maybe its the absurd resiliance of the Daemons ant he fact that 90% of the encounters ive had have been with said daemons. Again, meh)

Ludias gets up groggily his vision shifting in and out of focus but then something in his brain heals and hes sharp again. Not wasting anytime he brings his pistol up and fires a warp desintgrator at the beast.

OOC: Uhhh, the Employer is gone Tyranic...

IC:

"Pilot, we need that pickup now!"

(OOC) Marta these Daemons are not that weak, they are surviving due to their power

The Silver Shark de-cloaks and begins to land allowing the remaining Xenos and Snipers to escape from the advancing Chaos marines.

yeah the employer is, gone, but if you read reapers post you will notice that Coraks, the Daemon prince is still very much alive

(OOC) The Daemon has not fully regenerated

sure, but its like, ok vortext bomb hits this thing and dragsits esscence into a plane of existance that the warp cant even reach and yet apparently it will live again.... they seem a touch resiliant to me

blood reaper wrote:(OOC) They've killed neither, if you remember all of the Employers higher servants have the ability to regenerate wounds or attacks on a great scale;

Coraks limp body rises as the stub that was once his left hand begins to grow, veins and bone are first before mussel while his skull takes more time to regrow. The Employer swoops down and fires a bolt of warp energy that sends both Luidias and Beltyan flying backwards before grabbing Beltyan and Luidias with its telekinesis and slamming them against the floor.

Until i posted Coraks hadnt been mentioned after this, personally i see that as a teeny tiny bit of a regenerated Daemon

"Come on, everybody get on!" Kais shouts, helping everybody back aboard, providing cover fire with his rail rifle. "Pilot! Get us out of here!"

Ludias moves away form the Daemon prince and sprints up the ramp on the ship turning his body towards the shas'o once they are on board theTau notices a gash that had popped one of Ludias' eyes and his wrist from earlier healing rapidly.
"Thankyou Tau... im still open to negotiation as to me working for you. I dont hold grudges"

"I couldn't leave you here with that Daemon, that would be evil," Kais chuckles. "When we get back, you'll need some medical attention."

Ludias looks the Tau dead in the eye with his newly regenerated one,
"No I wont, My body heals itself at a rapid rate due to some... Surgery... that a member of the Dark Eldar race performed on me for services rendered. And the more I hurt, the more I heal."

Hunter appears, a large blade wound in the side of his arm that has been heavily bandaged. He nods to Syrath who warps away while Hunter approaches Luidias.

"I hope negotiating won't be as hard now will it?"

"My price at this point isnt high, Simply put, One ship, can seat up to 4 but at least two. Must be capable of intersteller flight. and Reentry. Atmospheric flight would also be apreciable. That price will see me under the Shas'o's command until he leaves the Eye"

"You have a deal, seeing as how you have proved to be very capable," Kais says, about to walk to the cockpit, but stops. "And please, no more life threatening."

Ludias agrees with the compact commander and thanks him before turning to Bel'
"Looks like we have a ride out of here if we live through this place."

Beltayn nods, sitting next to his friend.

"It seems so, and I am glad you have come to your senses..."

He turns to Shas, bowing reverently.

"I thank you for your cadre's assistance, and I look forward to working with your forces..." He said simply and then said something that everyone was sure had more than one meaning. "For the greater good..."

"For the greater good," Kais repeats, before contacting Mont'yr on the command ship. "Mont'yr, we have Bel'tayn and Ludias with us, we are returning now,. Anything happened while we've been gone?"

"We have had several strange energy readings, we believe it may ge connected to Syrath's comments earlier about a ship called the Unborn Retribution. Our history and data records mention no such ship during combat with any foe Shas'O."

"Keep an eye open for it. We shall discuss it as soon as we are back."

Ludias runs his hands over his usual routine. Reloading and priing all of his weapons. his Rifle he dissasembled and packed for travel in his bacpack. He wouldnt be ueing it for a while. Not until his wrist fully healed anyway.

He looked around the room as he went through his ritual. Checking his way through the faces of the people there. Slowly he took a bead on each and allowed his mask to load thier details into his memory banks. His brain having a subcuntaneous link to his suits systems. Thus allowing him to have quite leterally a second skin with greatly enchanced senses and mechanical reflexes.

The suit made it impossible to surprise Ludias, with a moments thought he could access the readings for every natural and artificial occurance from geothermal readings to sonic and siesmic activity. It was like having a radar in his head that could pick up any blip no matter how it was moving.

Needless to say it had saved his life many many times. But now he was using it for a different purpose. His mind was locking the details of the Xenos around him into memory banks that he could access like a computer hard drive. This storage of thoughts allowed him to record events accuratley and also create mental profiles. It also meant that he never had dead mans click. His mind always counting and storing the information on the number of rounds he had fired then feeding it back into his mask for one glance recall. The mask was the key. It allowed him to view massive amounts of information. Like having a computer screen suspended before his eyes. And the hard drive was his own mind.

He looked over at his friend and smiled. Subconsiously pulling up the visual file on Beltayn and comparing and updating it with what he could see now he was amused to find that nothing had changed scine he had last updated the file, a few days ago. All they had been through hadnt phased the Eldar one bit.
"Bel' whats our plan for when we get there?"

Beltayn was busy in thought wondering about his new employers when Ludias spoke to him. Beltayn shifted his weight and the resting place of his rifle as he thought about his answer. In his hand he held his dagger, a work of craftsmanship not seen on most human worlds, the blade had killed many unwary enemies, almost more than Beltayn could count, and world continue to do so until the day Beltayn died...

"Well, that wholly depends on our new employer has planned now doesn't it?" Beltayn said, turning to Ludias with an arched eyebrow. "It has been quite some time since I have explored a space hulk.." Beltayn said, his hand going to a bullet on his necklace that was marked with the number 352...That kill had been a work of skill and luck, Beltayn was forced to admit. He brought his hand back to a familiar amulet which also hung around his neck, on it was the golden frame, the symbol of his craftworld.

In the middle of that symbol was a red crystal, a sacred object of his people, if he were indeed to die, this device would protect his unseen body. It was his soulstone and he prayed to the dead gods that it would never have to be used.

Beltayn sighed, he hated being reminded of his own mortality...

"Agreed... I'm wondering what the good Shas'o has planned, shal we go and get our orders? Well... My orders, as far as I'm aware you have managed to avoid getting tied down. Well done my friend. Regardless I need to move, I'm restless

Syrath snarled as the two Snipers left the chamber, he did not know if they would be a true assistance in this war. He left the chamber bored with these mortals and headed to his own chamber, if the Unborn Retribution did arrive he'd need some things.

Kais was in the command center, discussing plans of action with Mont'yr, Atlas and the Dark Eldar, and of course Hunter.

"We need to think about what we have to do with this Space Hulk. If I am right there will be more Daemons on the craft than we can count. Every other time we are faced with something like this we always try to infiltrate it and cause some havoc. I don't think that will work this time," Kais said sorrowfully. "We need something a bit more complicated."

"Possibly but there are legends about the Unborn Retributiom, attempets to create greater Space marines, rumors but some rumors are true."

Hunter nods to Atlas who pulls out a holographic projector;

"We should remember that Daemons are not the worse things on that ship, far foul things lurk there."

"How can I help Commander?"

Hunter moves towards the newly arrived Snipers who he bows to them before showing them a holoraphic image of a Space Hulk;

"It's called the Unborn Retribution and were going aboard, Syrath reports several information data storage devices that could help against the Employers."

"Then it is agreed. But we need to bring some equipment with us, so that we can at least take it down before we leave. I think that we have a choice between myself taking some equipment so I can interfere with the engines, or we take a bomb. Interfering with the engines will be more quiet, but the bomb will make it more certain that the ship will go boom."

"Why not let Beltayn and myself deal with the integrity of the engines? The rest of you may wish to assault other points of vital interest. However I assure you, the engines will not continue to function after I have come into contact with them."

"Sounds like a solid plan. Like a divided assault. We should think about attacking the control room, and life support. Vital systems which will need to be taken down."

Syrath warps away as Hunter moves forward;

'A large Warp signature is nearing the area Shas'O, and three unknown class Drop-ships are also nearing the area, should we open fire?"

"In my opinion you should lock on to them with whatever you have in the way of long distance docking aids, and hit them with a full power burst, suck them into one of the hangars and disable thier weapons with a jammer. Infantry can wipe them from there."

"We are locking on now but the Space Hulk may damage our systems, it's approaching now."


A large green portal opens allowing a massive Space Hulk composed of a large Imperial medical ship and several smaller Chaos frigets and Ork Roks, the ship forces the Chaos Drop-ships to move away quickly.

"That, is a big ship," Kais said slowly, in slight disbelief, before regaining his posture. "Fire the docking aids. Beam them up (scotty)."

"Sir tractor beams down, our power has been heavily drained by the ship that just arrived. Were using what we have to keep our life-support and engines running, the Chaos Drop-Ships are moving towards the Space Hulk and are ignoring us completely."

Ludias turns to the shas'o
"We are outgunned here. If that thing is draining our eergy just by being here then we have two options: Get out of here or fight bak sharpish. Boarding topedoes would be best.

Hunter moves towards the Tau and Assassin before summoning Syrath;

"The Daemons scouted the Chaos landing points and the ship, no real crew on board. Syrath reports there are life signs but they don't properly register on the Radar."

"New types of Daemons?"

"No, something strange. They do not posses any real life sign and warp signature and are feral, they are stalking the Chaos marines entering the Hulk though and are using the vents to move through the craft."

It was at this time that Beltayn approached the group, overhearing their discussions.

"I would say that it sounds like genestealers to me. The crafty buggers get into many of the space hulks cruising the warp, but I have not heard of tyranids masking their bio readings. I am not sure what you have encountered but regardless we should all engage it with extreme prejudice."

"No. I can seance Genestealers and these things ain't Stealers, while the Genestealer may be one to take shelter in the common Space Hulk I don't believe they would here however Tyranids could inhabit it. We should move quickly and follow the forces of the Iron Warriors and force the two into combat letting us gather the data before they destroy it."

Ludias draws his sword,
"How about I just capture one?"

Syrath turns and laughs;

"You want to capture one? Really Sniper do you believe you can?"

"I can with this"
He pulls out a bullet with a band of pure black running around it and when Bel's eyes widen he grins.
"what you thought I had run out of them?
"I cant believe you kept one."
"Been saving it for a rainy day"
The Shas'o looks over mildly bemused.
"Would someone please tell me what that is?"
Syrath agrees
"I would appreciate knowing as well sniper,"
Ludias grins behind his mask again
"This bullet is a simple one. It has a core of warp mote and the black band you see here?"
he ponts to it
"Thats a disk of pure dark matter. Got a orb of the stuff of an Eldar merchant in the Galian Belt. When it touches warp substance it rapidly expands and stabilises absorbing material until it covers the host cell. Then it spreads, multiplying until it completely covers the victem. But will stop if there is no more warp essence to touch. Once the victem is covered it solidifies until it has near diamond hardness. But is incredibly light and seems to defy gravity slightly. This allows one to simply grab the victem and run. Perfect for snatch and grab. All you have to do to get the victem out is simply fire a plasma shot at it. The whole lot desintegrates. Dont ask me why or how but I think it has something to do with the heat. Anyway. One shot will trap a daemon of any size as long as it was made in the warp, and as we know all of them are."

"Great, now we have to get aboard. Grab my hand and be quick, I'll warp us aboard and we'll find one and be quick. I don't want anyone to think were holding hands or something."

Ludias casually slots the bullet into the pistols chamber.
"Dont hold on any longer than you have to or this bullet might be for you. And I may not be so Inclined to break you out."
He looks at Bel'
"You coming with?"

"I'm not a bus but I want this to be quick so if you're coming do it now."

Syrath sighs in boredom as Hunter raises his hand to the Daemon.

(we should wait for warork)

Yeah.

Beltayn puts stands next to Ludias and puts his hand on his shoulder, looking into his eyes behind the mask.

"No Ludias, I have decided to become a pirate captain and sail away leaving you to deal with this yourself..." He said as seriously and yet sarcastically as he could. He was silent for a moment, leaving Ludias to wonder if he was serious. "Of course I'm coming, what else would I be doing? I swear you Mon' Keigh ask the stupidest questions..." He finished good naturedly and turned to Shas.

"When you are ready Shas O' so will we be." He confirmed.

Ludias chuckled gently into his sealed mask, the sound only for his friend's ears.
"Well now thats a fine plan. I guess I will see you in 15 billion nautical miles?"
He laughs again as the Eldar looks at him in bemusement?
"What miles?"
"Dont worry about it Bel'. Human reference."
He heard the Eldar mumbling as the shas'o and himself layed a hand on the Daemons shoulder and were whisked through the warp.

For seconds the two could see the warp but soon forgot as they were slammed into the solid steel plates of the Space Hulk. Syrath looked around and raised his claws in a defensive position;

"We better move."

Kais stood up, a little dazed, but brushed himself off, and said to the others.

"Okay then, lets get to work."

"ARGHHH!"

A Small ugly beast stood at the end of the corridor, its back covered in metal and wires while its head covered by a large steal helm covered in scratches and dents. It snarls again and runs forward furiously raising its claws and sprinting towards the group.

As the rest of the group recovered from the effects of the warp translation, Beltayn sprung into action at the merest hint of the perceived threat. Without a word he rolled forwards and took a knee, getting his rifle into his hands in the same motion. As soon as he came to a stop, his scope came up to his eye and his hands steadied in preparation for a shot. The beast came closer but it was not quick enough. With a humming charge, Beltayn pulled the trigger on rifle and let loose a searing bolt that entered its mask's eye slit and blasted it backwards, smoking from the impact.

The creature falls silent as it slams into the floor, Syrath walks over to the creature and drags it back to the group;

"It may be dead but it will do, strange. This could have once been greater than a Adeptus Astartes but now falls to a single bullet, we must go while weak it called for friends and there's allot of them."

Syrath and the three teleport back to the Tau Command ships were the three dazed warriors fall to their knees after the warp jump.

"Lets...not do...that...again. I can't keep...doing that with...mortals."

"We found one of the creatures," Kais says, dusting himself off. "Rather confusing being, but it will do."

The Tau scientists begin their study of the creature, they first remove the armor and begin to dissect the beast using plasma cutters which slice through the thick flesh of the creature within seconds. After an hour at work the Scientists return carrying stacks of reports and pictures of the inner organs and bone samples taken from the creature;

"We are astounded, this appears to have once been of human origin. Male around five years old, most of the internal organs have been pumped full of steroids and combat drugs while bones have been heavily reinforced with machinery. This creatures brain appears to have been replaced by a computer which we are still attempting to hack, all together this beast appears to be a test subject for some form of super soldier and carries the symbol of the Imperium Shas'O."

"Oh my," Kais said, disgusted. "This is terrible, and we are going to do something about it. Now, I want specific origins, certain factions within the Imperium. I want to know who exactly created this monster."

"That is all the information we have Shas'O and whatever information you seek is on that Space Hulk but I warn you, the Warp energy is incredibly high their and can cause...mutations."

Ludias looks around briefly once in the chaos ship, and sees the daemon approaching. He is aware of Bel's manouvre so lets him be and when they teleport back to the Shas'o's ship he is mildly bemused.
"What exactly did you need us all for if you could have just gone in gotten one and then come back?"

"I don't plan things out well, the Employers did do quite allot of that."

Syrath laughs and turns back to the Snipers;

"But if any of you wish to keep you're sanity I'd suggest only Luidius accompany me again, or your going to need allot of will power to fight the warp."

"He will be fine, Long ago I built a warp suppressor into his hood's cusp. he warp wont affect him as strongly. And Bel'tayn is a very strong minded individual."

"Say that when he's twice as tall and looks like a foul monster, be careful not to get attacked from behind Eldar because you won't be able to even hold you're rifle once that suppressor is gone."

Beltayn squints at Syrath and crosses his arms.

"I will take my chances daemon." He says simply and then turns to Shas.

"What you have here, the beast I shot, it seems to me that it may be an experiment of the Mon Keigh Mechanicus if anything. I have not known Imperials to abide by such abominations, perhaps it was the product of more radical sections of the human's empire." Beltayn muses, his head bowed and hand on his chin in thought.

"Other than that I cannot say, but it concerns me little, what I and Ludias must know soon is what you wish for us to do next."

"Good we should leave now, we will warp back to the ship quickly and find what we are looking for."

Syrath places his hands onto the shoulders of Luidius and Beltayn as they begin to warp away.

"This will be bumpy, hold on."

The three fall onto the metal floor of the Space hulk surrounded by several of the mutant creations.

Ludias goes to stand beside his partner
"Indeed. My trigger finger its getting twitchy."
He takes the Immobiliser round out of his pistols chamber and stores it in a special pouch on his bandolier.
He flexes his left wrist feeling more of the tendons heal over and the last scratches on the bone seal shut. my arm is healing niceley, he thinks.

Syrath raises his hands and ignites the mutants with green fire thy at reduces them to piles of ash in seconds;

"Let us move, the objective is not to far from here."

Ludias grunts as he hits the ground but doesnt hesitate. His sword is up and slashing not even a moment after they arrive. Two of the beaasts fall in the first second, anouther two after that. He hears the repeated fizzling crack of Beltayns rifle as it chews through mutant after mutant. One of the Beasts managed to flank him however and springs an immpossible distance away.

Ludias watches in a musement as Beltayn simply ducks allowing the beast to fly over his head. He puts several shots into its unprotected underbelly and the beasts back explodes outwards. Ludias rejoins the fight, and if someone had seen his face they would have cringed. The look of pure hatred on his face was unmatchable.

The fleshy remains of the beasts hit the ground, Syrath leads the two through the steel doorway while the mutants watch through the vents. As they enter a large cargo chamber they enter defensive positions as the mutants approach.

Hack, slash, twist, stab, duck, smash, repeat. Hack, slash, twist, stab, duck, smash, repeat. It was almost a mantra in Ludias's mind as mutant after mutant fell to his sword. He couldnt tell how many had died. Only that they kept coming. So he kept fighting

Syrath sets several mutants on fire while slicing others apart, the mutants begin to retreat realising that they are out skilled completely. Syrath moves forward and grabs the large object in the middle of the room;

"This is the device, we'll take what we need and move."

Something begins to move up on the three, it's far larger than the other mutants before moving towards the group. The blue daemon is to strong, the Assassin is immune but the Eldar makes a fine target. It runs forward intent on ripping apart the Eldar or destroying his shielding.

Ludias sees the Dameon coming and growls in his throat but hes still fast enough for his plan to work. In half a second the immobiliser was in his pistol, up and firing. The shot buzzed through the air and slammed into the Daemons chest. A fraction of a second later the Dark matter consumed his form in a shining black skin.

"I've got what we needed, let's move the warp energy will be increasing. Are you both ok, I do not wish for beasts to attack me."



A large blast consumes the door way as several Las-cannon wielding Chaos marines move towards the group, Coraks stands at the back of the group and points towards them.

"Kill...them...all"

Ludias makes a descision, he kicks the immobilised Daemon as hard as he can towards the marines, the heavy wapons troopers then forced to waste time firing on the daemon to avoid it crushing them. Ludias and Bel' slap Syraths back simoultaneously yelling
"GO!!!"

Beltayn watches as the monster singled himself out of the three to attack, why he was not sure but he did not care, he brought the rifle up more swift than any mere mortal could ever dream and had the space in between the beast's sight before it got to him, his finger, just as it had hundreds of thousands of times before squeezed the trigger slowly until the weapon responded...

With a dry click...

Three things happened fast, almost at the same time. Beltayn cursed at himself for not keeping better track of the power in his rifle's pack, he bought his arm up in a futile defensive gesture because he didn't have enough time to do anything else and just as he prepared himself to feel the monster's hot breath it was frozen and encased in a hard black substance, making it clatter to the floor. Beltayn looked down at the thing, breathed a sigh of relief and reloaded his weapon, at the same time shooting a look at Ludias and nodding to the sniper in gratitude. Despite Beltayn's skill, he wasn't perfect, but he was almost so and so was Ludias and together he was not sure there was a single foe in the galaxy they could not conquer together...

And that, he reminded himself, is exactly why he had befriended the Mon Keigh in the first place...

The three teleport back to the Tau ship where the Daemon and the Snipers stand dazed and confuseed after the sudden attack, Syrath grabs Luidius and looks him in the eyes;

"You are fine however watch the Eldar, something has changed."

Syrath bursts into laughter;

"No I'm joking he's fine but we really should not go back."

OOC: You had me going there for a sec Blood...

Yeah I rolled dice to see what was going to happen next, the other option would be far more messy.

The Tau scientists begin to study the new information, but take time to begin the hacking process but inform the Shas'O that it will take time to do so.

Ludias cleans his sword with the small promethium heater from his tool kit. The super heated flames licking over the steel purged the weapon of its grime. He allowed the weapon to heat only enough to remove the gore so as not to damage the temper of the blade.

While doing this he looked over at Beltayn. The Eldar was looking with an air of annoyance at his rifle. Ludias sighed and went over to him.
"Bel' listen. We make mistakes, all of us do. But remember, everytime we have ever made a mistake the other has been there to make sure it wasnt fatal. Remember the Geanstealer cult on Gyrath? I had not made my usual checks on systems as we went through those tunnels and it nearly got me killed. But you were there and that geanstealer took a shard through its neck.

He claps the eldars shoulder gently.
"We can be sure that we always learn from our mistakes because we have each other to make sure we live through them."
He looks at the rifle.
"Just make sure you count your shots next time hmm?"

Beltayn sighed and then nodded, his head bowed and face set in something akin to loathing, probably of himself. He reloaded his rifle with deft hands and aimed it before looking back up at Ludias.

"You are a good friend, Storm and I am glad to have you watching my back. But I must tell you something. As you already know, my kind in particular is succeptable to the warp, it is a trait we had developed over our course of life and we keep it even now at the twilight of our race. I am afraid and ashamed to say that those quick teleportations through the warp may have clouded my judgement if only for a few moments. Still those few moments were enough to nearly get me killed and for that I am sorry, I was a danger to both of us in those few seconds."

Beltayn stands up and reaches to his necklace pulling his soul stone out and facing Beltayn.

"This event has made me realize something, out of all the perils we have faced together, this one has been the most harrowing for me because of the closeness to the warp we have been, we are in the Eye of Terror, and you do not see many of my kind here for a reason. If this is, Khaine forbid it, to be my last mission, then my essence, my soul will be put in this."

Beltayn says holding up the stone amulet. He lets Ludias see it well, even though the two have long since been friends he had never shown the amulet to his counterpart, he had never shown anyone it out of concerns for his own safety.

"It will go here in order to prevent it from being devoured by the Dark prince of pleasure. If that is to happen, Ludias, you are the only person in this galaxy I would trust to return it to my people." Beltayn whispers furiously convicted. He replaces the amulet and looks back up at Ludias.

"Will you do that for me Storm?" he asks, his voice almost pleading.

(OMG anouther soulstone!!!! they taste so damn good!!! >.< jks of course ill keep it safe)

Ludias looks at the small stone curiously for a few seconds, his mind turnign over what he had learnt. His lightning fast mind snapped through dozens of calculations and his hand slolwy rose infront of him to grasp Beltayn's.
"Of course I will Bel', Its the least I could do."
He pulls the milsly surprised Eldar into a rough hug
"But dont you dare go getting yourself killed on me."

OOC: Well yeah, I mean he is and Eldar and any respecting Eldar has one on him at all times just in case...

Beltayn grunts as Ludias squeezes him.

"Sure Storm, you can count on it." He says as he wiggles out of the hug lithely. "Not in front of the employer, you're embarrassing me." He said with a smirk and then went back to checking his weapon.

Ludias chuckles as he slips his friend a thin disk of metal about 4 inches in diameter. His whispereed words make Bel' chuckle and he allows the Eldar to wriggle free
"The hug was partially a cover old friend."

Beltayn nodded and went to sit down at one of the benches, leaning forwards he puts his forehead head in his hand to look at the disk inconspicuously, The disk had a line of text running along the rim.
"Slip this into your chest piece, it repels warp energy. I thought I should give you a booster after what we just went through. This should link with your hood and provide additional protection."

OOC: <sigh> Another night, another page I miss because people don't think about waiting for another player before they move on...

... I have said this before, and so did Tyranic when it was happening to him, please don't do it, cos it feels like I am just tagging along...

sos... I know the feeling... like when you guys get in half a dozen posts while im sleeping... it happens man... i can try to hold back a bit

"Shas'O we have hacked into the system, several video-logs were contained within it. Should we play them Shas'O?"

"Yes, on the big screen."

Tyranic Marta wrote:sos... I know the feeling... like when you guys get in half a dozen posts while im sleeping... it happens man... i can try to hold back a bit

Thanks man, I appreciate it...

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LOADING...

O100 HOURS

This is Inquisitor Franokin, report one.

My test subjects have begun the process, removal of them from their homes was hard but nothing was left of the planets that we took them from. Dust and echos is all that we see now, dust and echos. However the subjects have become fairly violent, something you might expect from a child but anyways the guards have been able to hold them back. The Emperor will forgive us for the use of Xenos technologies once our holy work is complete, the Adeptus Astartes have become weak and corrupt and require replacement.

This is Inquisitor Franokin, signing of.

OOC: Lol, "but anyways"

IC:

"Wait, so they are using children as replacements? This disgusts me, no race would rightly do this to their children!"

Ludias looks interested by the news and true to form he doesnt take his mask of infront of his emplyer but nonetheless those nearby can almost feel the energy coming off of him. Ludias was running calculations, the probablility of him encountering such a person. For an inventor this was like nirvana. The absense of worry, of doubt. He could know exactly how his mark thought. Because Ludias' mark was an inventor too.

Ludias knew that the man wasnt mad, he simply had misguided faith. Attempting to change the fibre, the core of the Emperors will was blasphemy. Not that Ludias was a religious man but he knew that there was more than one way to skin a hourmagaunt. If the Inquisitor proved to be unkillable via means of indirect assault... Well it was like the old hunters adage. The thicker the skin, the thicker the blade. Ludias wold simply have to use a thicker blade. And that thicker blade was his contact in the Ecclesiarchy. he could bring the Imperiums wrath down on this errant inquisitor. But Ludias was reluctant. He diddnt want to waste his weapon. Not on something that may be thinner skinned than anyone thought.

Ludias stood slowly, at least one set of eyes was on him, he knew Bel' would be curious to his reaction after that particular vidsteal.
"I would like to see the data from the experiment"

DATA MODULE 17, EXPERIMENT 3

This is medical adviser Khan, sadly subject three died after convulsing and tearing of its right arm. The combat drugs drove the child insane but If we can find a way to stop this it may just work, Inquisitor Franokin warned me that these subjects may not do and we may need to find more. Some staff even mentioned use of other races and warp energy but these are rumors. I hope. Here are the test results;

Subject one: Alive, showing signs of mutation

Subject two: Attempt escape twice, heavy muscle mutation

Subject three: Terminated

Subject four: Cunning, leader of the others, heavy muscle and organ mutation

Subject five: Heavy muscle mutation

That is all for now.

Khan signing off.

Beltayn watches the videos silently in thought, he then hears Shas O's comment about the use if children in these experiments done by this inquisitor.

"Do you expect any less from an Empire that places such little value on an individual's life? The Imperium lacks many things but manpower is not one of them. Either way, I can tell you that this man is either deluded or a fool. The Space Marines were made using Dark age technology long ago by the Emperor himself and this man comes along and thinks he has the power to create new ones?"

Beltayn tuts in disapproval and looks to Ludias who is no doubt analyzing everything he is seeing via his mask. It was one of the sniper's many habits.

[RECORDS 274/620]

LOADING...

O354 HOURS

This is Inquisitor Franokin, report two.

The Subjects are becoming more violent, are control devices are unable to truly control their 'fragile' as you might say minds. Khan claims its all a matter of time but I believe a more strict approach may help, possibly we may need more subjects but still I'm ready to send my scientists to do so. I will be recording the events and study what I can;


The Screen turns blank but re activates as the image of a Imperial Scientist stands with one of the subjects, a hideous monster chained to the floor and snarling at the human who backs away terrified, the chains begin to break as the creature tries to move forward and resolves to biting its chain causing them to break lose. Within seconds it is tearing the scientist apart and vomiting blood around the room and it decapitates the scientist.

Hard to believe that was once a small child, well we are done here. Move on to the next subject.

Ludias looks over the results carefully, oting the levels of stimulants in the bloodstream. He takes dozens of notes, muttering them into his masks autoproccessor soon the details he needs are stored. He looks through everything slowly and creates his own conclusion.

[i][b]M41- Exact Imperial Date unknown due to Warp time distortions.
Log entry 012597 The Eye of Terror-outer systems, aboard the Tau vessel orbiting the planet, exact location unknown.
Through the eyes of LemurSierra109
In the last 30 minutes I have examined the cadaver of an experiment run by an Inquisitor here in the eye. His exact goal is unclear, however it seems that this Inquisitor, who goes by the name of Franokin, is attempting to create a new creature to replace the adeptus astartes in the galactic armour of the Imperium. A new weapon for the endless war.

So far his results appear to have been unssuccessful, instead of editing DNA to achieve his ends he is simply splicing large portions of stimulants into the, and I use this term loosly, test subjects, bio matter. This method is imprecise and crude....

I will write the rest when I get home...

Syrath takes a look at the data module;

"This is almost 3 months old but I fear it could break the balance of the universe if this Inquisitor is still alive, we should look through more to see what the others say."

[RECORDS 274/620]

LOADING...

O589 HOURS

I feel I have very little time left...

In my dreams something is hunting me, I cannot bear to speak its name but I feel I must...

Employer...

My head aches when I speak that word, I do not know why?

But anyway the subjects appear to have improved, a single beast reduced several Storm Troopers to a piles of flesh. He is very cunning and use a variety of tactics, turning his foes weapons against them. They proved well against a group of Chaos traitors who where attempting to board us, they fled once we released the beasts but I fear they will turn on us. I see a look in their eyes, it is one of treachery but I hope they will come under control.

. The result of this is that the creatures are inneficiant and unintellegent. This means that they are easy to bring down and are no major threat unless in significant groups, and even then they arnt particularly worrisome.

My final conclusion is that unless the beasts phisiologies and intellects are at some point significantly more cohesive then they will never be a viable threat

OOC: Nice logs Tyranic

IC:

Kais is still amazed by the cruelty of mankind in this instance, but he speaks out.

"Call for Hunter and the Dark Eldar, and then join us yourselves in the bridge, as we need to discuss what to do next."

Syrath nods and grabs the speaker phone for the ship;

"Hello can everyone clear out their desks, you're fired. No but seriously, Eldar and Hunter get up here we need to plan some things."

Ludias shakes his head slowly,
"So the daemon thinks hes a comedian"
Ludias continues to search through the data and then heads to the beast itslef, collecting samples of the tubes and pipes. He has a plan, but maybe it would be better to keep it in his own mind until the appropriate time.

Kais sighs.

"Very funny Syrath," he frowns, before talking through the same speaker. "Dark Eldar and Hunter get to the bridge. Everybody else, ignore what was previously said."

"Thank you I do try to do a good job, I better write that down."

Syrath reveals a large gold book that reads 'Comedy Gold', Hunter and the Dark Eldar arrive after the Incubi guards allow them entry;

"Yes Shas'O what is it you require?"

"We need to talk about what we are going to do. We need decision making, and fast," Kais said, a tone of worry in his voice. "I have no idea what that Space Hulk is going to do, and I don't really want to find out. Ideas?"

"We destroy it? Several blasts in precise positions will destroy the Hulk, several of the pieces will hit the planet spreading the 'children'. I came up with the term myself, still it seems that the children where partially created using our technology, horrid work I may add. Sloppy and unprofessional, but that's Inquisitors for you."

Talon walks forward cradling a Dark Lance and smirking behind his terror mask

"This will be fun."

"That seems like a good idea. But will it be able to fire back at us?"

"With its current condition I don't think it could even move without the warp blasting it around, but Its stable for now."

"Excellent," Kais smiled. "Ready all our weapons, as we are going to blow this ship apart."

"I'll prepare the Silver Shark for take off Shas'O, my forces are prepared and I'm happy to bring in Raiders and Ravagers if needed."

"Excellent. Then lets get loaded up."

"Well we have one problem, those without will power will be transformed by the massed warp power within that ship into a foul beast."

Syrath growls and hisses as the Farseer pushes him away;

"I will provide a shield from the warp."

Ludias raises an eyebrow,
"What kind of willpower are we alking about here Farseer? Im quite willfull... But your description was vague, do we need to have a psykers potential to survive this... blast? with our minds and bodies intact?"

Beltayn pipes in as well, adding to his comrade's question.

"I'm not so much worried about myself as I am those who have proven to be unstable around daemons in the past." He says scathingly looking at the Farseer, the implication clear...

"I have fought many a Daemon, mainly as I have been here before, fighting against Chaos without any assistance from the Empire, as our presence hear was almost crushed," Kais says sorrowfully, remembering the events that took place the last two times he had fought Chaos. "I think I will be fine."

"Not psychic just willpower and moral, I can also provide us with a shield from the warp whilst we are aboard the Space Hulk but remember Daemons will be lurking everywhere on that craft."

Several Tau scientists move forward carry the data module, all seem fairly panicked;

"Shas'O, the data module has released more recordings. Several of them you need to see now!"

The Scientists begin playing the recordings again;

DATA FILE 7

Its in my head.

Again.

Khan said it was the wipers of daemons but its far more.

'Employer' what a strange name for a Daemon.

I've heard the names of so many but why pick such a title? Pointless and strange for the creatures of the warp to waist their time creating pathetic and unworthy names?

But any way I have another report.

The test subjects attacked the guards and have systematically begun to hunt us down, I don't know how but a shadow in the warp cut them loose. They feel no pain and are utterly relentless against the security forces and every time they kill a guard they take the body, they've started to learn tactics at such a fast rate. They grow in strength and numbers using the machines on other 'supplies' we had taken.

I don't think we have long left, but the Emperor forgives.

And Chaos dams.

Ludias clenches his fist,
"This much is clear: The fool inquisitor is dead. That means that whatever is on that ship controlling it is most likely an Employer or one of his most powerful lackeys, I cant see them letting a low class minion command that ship.

Whoever is controlling it also must have some kind of base control over the children, that gives to choices, either its an evolved child, or it has telepathic linking abilities. Either way it needs to be brought down. Bel' and I can take on any number of those things, we wont tire, or at least I wont, my body makes sure of that. I dont even need to eat anymore, allthough the taste stil stays with me. Regardless The creatures arnt a problem, its their escorts, the Marines on the ship. I reccommend firelines designed to take advantage of the slow heavy weapons of the marines, use carbines and stealth suits.

Additionally some close quaters explosives may be useful, frag grenades and the like. I havnt had the time to resupply myself. Also if anyone could find a length of plasteel about 2 feet long and 6 inches wide that would be appreciated.

Ludias steps back into the shadows after his miniature speech and begins to think.

"We'll see what we can do Assassin, we will return once we have what we need."

The Tau Scientists move back to the the labs moving out of Syrath's way who now wears a suit of armor like that of a knights, he walks over towards the Snipers and nods to the Eldar Ranger who moves back as Syrath confronts Luidius.

"We have many differences and will now put them aside, the Employers must fall but these 'Children' are a threat."

Ludias looks up at the daemon and casts a wary glance over his features, he makes sure Shas isnt near before slowly taking his mask off. His long white hair and ice blue eyes would have entranced any human girl but Syrath was no human, and certainly no girl.
"Show me your face Daemon"

Syrath raises his helm, a scaly bone like face appears. His eyes are black and each bear a symbol of the Chaos gods and his head is covered in a crown of twirling horns that are dotted by gems and his teeth are bone white, a serpent like tail folds back into his maw as he stands over Luidius but behind the vile Saint of Chaos lied something strange.

"What is it whelp?"

"I just wanted to see the face of the one I will be fighting alongside, so that if anyof them try to trick me I can look into their eyes and kill them in cold blood, thankyou. Now let us get ready."

he turns to an aid
"has that plasteel arrived yet?"

"Yes, here it is sir."

The Tau Aid hands the sniper his wished for material.


"Yes We will see, I believe our best chance will be for us to warp on board. Come and remember hold your breaths and think happy thoughts."


Syrath puts his hands on the shoulders of the snipers as they begin to warp to the Space Hulk.

OOC: Wait, so what is Kais doing now?

Preparing to attack with the Dark Eldar.

OOC: Ahhh, awesome...

IC:

"Okay, does everybody know what they have to do?"

"Yes Shas'O, scouting transports are tracking the movements of any Chaos Drop-ships approaching the Space Hulk. Our troops are ready for combat Shas'O. For the greater good."

The Tau officers voice almost broke then, the Tau etheral had been killed long ago by a Chaos Champion and their moral had never been as strong as it was then.

(Hi guys i am back sorry i was offline such a long time but couldnt do anything about it cause it is kinda private and stuff but is fixed now so can someone give me a little shortcut about what happened? And give me a re-entrance)

Ludias heard the Tau's voice waiver and stides over after replacing his mask, he leans over to the commander and whispers briefly in his ear before taking the coms cone
"Listen to me, all of you. Tau, Dark eldar, Eldar alike. My name is Ludias Storm, and I would not be telling you this if I wasnt so sure of your prowess: Every single one of you, has been trained and honed to do his, or as I understand it, her, job to the utmost standard of quality.

This I have faith in, not bullets, or swords, but the training and personality of honed troops. I have witnessed all of your races on the battlefield, against a wide variety of foes. This one will not defeat you."

He moves away from the device and sets to work, his fingers moving over the plasteel and short bursts of heat from his tools allowing him to work the metal into six small cylinders, each about 6 inces long and about an inch in diameter and capped at one end. He fits one tube from the carcass to each cylinder and to that attatches a small vial for a second or two before putting the vials, (of which he uses 3) into a small bag. He then seals the tubes, (all of which about a foot long) with a valve and wraps the cord around the cylinders seeral times before tying the of with a plastic cord.

With the six devices he goes to his friend and hands him three.
"Oxygen activated corrosive gas, use them wisely. Break the valve to release the gas, itll fill a room in about 30 seconds and the gas takes about 5 seconds to travel the foot along the tube, giving you about 35 seconds to evacuate. And trust me youll want to. Each of these cylinders has enough gas to fill the size of this bridge. Have fun old friend."

"And everyone will heed those words, for they are the utmost truth," Kais says, before walking away, to prepare himself.

Beltayn looks down at the cylinders in his hand and back at Ludias with a small smirk.

"Chemical warfare eh?" He said aloud. "Aww Ludias, you know me so well." He finished playfully. He then looks around to the assembled force.

"You should have been a public speaker, but perhaps this group is just now realizing the power of words from one who does not speak so often." He muses. He then swings out his rifle and continues to tinker with it, adjusting the scope and calibrations. "Bullets and swords may not an army make, but they aren't a bad start. I will be ready once again when they are." He said, pointing to group though not looking away from his work.

The snipers and Syrath arrive in a ventilation tunnel within the Hulk, they begin moving away as several life-signs are spotted on the radars. Shas'O boards the Silver Shark with Hunter and play another one of the modules;

RECOR--ERROR----MODU--=SDSHF

They've breached the system, they've found the engines and disabled them....the bridge crew were slaughtered...Kill teams have been dispatched....our heresy will be our end! If you find this run, run Leave this place, they're here holy emperor help us! Help us!



(Well WARORK,Marta, Shas and Syrath are currently fighting in a Space Hulk while your fighting mutants

Ludias moves calmly through the systems of the ship, his mental interface mapping the way as he goes and reffering that to his position constantly.

His foot lands with a less hollow sound on a piece of grating and he looks down into what appears to be an engine chamber he nods to hunter who smashes his fist through dropping a melta bomb. The explosive goes off and wrecks the engine control panels and the locomotion drives, so now the ship was well and truly stuck. they carried on through the vents but when they heard the scampering of the children thumping along the shafts the decided to make thier exit hunter again making an exit through the floor of the venting which the group drops down into, Ludias throws a krak grenade back into the vent and the group move away from the entance as a firey blast consumes the tunnel. Ludias checks his map and speaks clearly into his interface, signalling the rest of his group, Theyre close to the control chambers of the main firing systems, with some luck they can use the weapons against the ship itself and make thier job easier.

The three soon spot a silent Chaos Drop-Ship where Coraks and around thirty Chaos space marines carrying Bolters and Chain-swords and have set up defensive positions around the area, Coraks is bowing to a holo-projection of an Employer.

"My lord, we are searching the ship for the remaining Data-Modules but have had difficulty with that dammed Inquisitors experiments bu...."

"No, return to us and destroy this place once the Tau arrive. Set the charges."

"But lord this Relic cou...."

"No. Do as we say! Now Set the charges, sacrifices must be made to achieve our goals."

Ludias winks at a symbol on his screen and Beltayn gets voice conformation for both of them to use a corrosive bomb, they head to different points around the edge of the room, coming at it via different doors. Ludias takes one of his tools and cuts a small hole in the base of the door and puts the charge there. And once he hears Beltayns voice conformation he fires a silenced shot from his pistol at the valve which breaks and makes the charge skitter into the room behind some boxes. The sound is muffled by the engines. Then Ludias takes aim and fires a swift shot at the hangar door control. The marines are trapped now with 2 doses of diocylratechlorine. A gas developed by Ludias to kill Tyranids by dissolving optical nerves and brain matter. Once that is gone the gas sets to work on vital organs tearing them apart at a mollecular level. A body will be a husk within about 45 seconds, and the gas lingers for about an hour.

The two snipers exit the area sharpish and rendevous with Hunter and Syrath.
"We need to go"

"One very large problem, the 'Children' and Tau are on their way and we have no way of alerting the latter to the presence of the explosives do we? And with about the many Children approaching our position right now?"

Ludias shrugs,
"I see no problem, the marines wont have the time to set the charges they were just about to start when we set our charges. And the children are no problem, if you listened at all you would know that Beltayn and I could handle them on our own, with the two of you here this will be easier than simple."

"I see well where should we go next 'commander' because the Tau are approaching fast and we also have that small problem."

A group of children move forward lead by a larger glowing beast that hisses and points towards them with its crocked and boney fingers, its head covered by a steal mask with the 'I' symbol on it;

"Kill...them...all!"

"Tau... good... we could use the fire lines, that thing... not so good. Bel', Hunter, can you target that thing? Syrath here and myself will butcher these midgits"

"On it"

Hunter fires several rounds but the creature hisses and runs after making a rude gesture with it's finger while it's smaller breathen battle Luidias and Syrath who cut them down with ease.

"We can take them"

Syrath unleashes waves of burning green fire that incinerates the creatures.

Ludias' sword has a brief respite as he checks his map the "children" were being butchered, the life signs on his map were dissapearing faster than they arrived.
"Keep going we nearly have them!"

Beltayn had a rather simple job of dispatching these things but his mind was still on the larger specimen that had run, suddenly and idea comes to mind.

"Ludias, I need a corridor!" Beltayn shouts to his friend as he continues to empty and reload his pistol into the mass. Ludias acknowledges non verbally and pulls a second pistol out, aiming it at the group of charging mutants. He walks the pistols along the length of the mass by alternating which trigger he fires and hence makes a path of dead mutants through hallway. The path that he shoots begins to close again with bodies but Beltayn is faster, deftly skipping along almost acrobatically across the hallway, dodging blows and returning them at weak points with afforded grace. He is soon at the other side.

"That one mustn't get away, I'll be back shortly." He voxes as he sprints down the corridor while fitting a special oval shaped device to the end of his rifle. He makes a blind corner and pulls the rifle up to his shoulder just in time to see the creature trying to fit down a ventilation shaft. Beltayn's slight momentum hadn't even stopped when he fired the projectile. The energy of the laser shot in the barrel hit the device's primer causing its propulsion to fire off into air and rocket toward its target.

About three quarters of the way through its flight, the device opened and a monofilament net spread through the ar and wrapped its weights around the creature, trapping it and constricting it so it could not break out. Beltayn calmly walked over to the beast while voxing his friend.

"Target down, got him alive."

Ludias reloads his pistols while ducking under a leaping "child" Syraths claw disembowels the beast as Ludias hears his partners voice come through the vox channel.
"Target down, got him alive."
"Excellent, we'll be there momentarily. Allright Syrath, Hunter, lets go."

Lotus wakes a little dazed. "Oni vindicare?" She coughs up some blood " where are you?" A huge shadow passes over her and she is taken up by two strong arms. She looks at him "o......oni? What happened?" "All dead mistress." "WHAT IS EVERYBODY DEAD" she is shocked. Oni laughes hard. "No they are dead." He shows her his "artwork" and then brings her back to the others. "Wa....... What happened?." "Well mistress you where hit by one of those muty's who came past your web and past me and where knocked in the most spectacular way. Vindicare states. "You think this is funny vindicare?" "Actually i do find it a little funny. BUT i also wish to thank you for it for i would be dead without you." "Ok and now i wish to know what the feth is happening here. I wish a full combat scan of the area and possible strike zones ASAP. Dont make me wait for them." "Informaticus whispers while he scans. "She's as good as new......... Thank the emporer"

"It seems the Alpha beast has retreated, it's far more smarter than these things but still they pose somewhat of a threat to our Tau friends. Lets find the nest and burn it before they can steal a Drop-Ship and get down to the planet or the command ship."

Syrath decapitates another of the beasts which falls into a bloody pile with it's head in it's hands.



"Kill them all."

A group of sleek, silvered armoured marines move towards the Inqusitors and open fire. The armour they use matches no Imperial records and is covered in runes and symbols of Chaos, they open fire with their bolters at the same time. A perfect second after the last attack.