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2013/11/05 16:31:57
Subject: Re:Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
nels1031 wrote: Just read the first of the Legion of the Damned short stories to be released on Itunes.
Brother Sergeant Centurius makes an appearance, old timers may remember him as the limited edition LotD special character. The Legion actually interacts with fellow space marines in this story and we see how they recruit. Still plenty of mystery and menace surround them though. Pretty cool.
I'll be picking all of them as they are released. Love me some Legion of the Damned.
Edit: I liked it so much I'm just gonna download the whole collection of 6 from BL.
Would you be so good as to give us a review of them when you're finished? I was really thrilled to see the release but they're all battles battles battles. I was hoping for some more background and depth but I wonder if that's interwoven with the stories.
The USS Orinoco was a Federation Danube-class runabout that was in service with Starfleet in the late 24th century, attached to Deep Space 9. It was outfitted with a sensor pod.
JWBS wrote: I read Unremembered Empire, it's pretty dire. A lot worse than his last HH (Fear to Tread?), worse than the last Ravenors, and even GG (they're still bad right? Stopped reading after 5 or 6). It was good he apologised at the end, that was new. I hope we get his good stuff next time, the last =][= was fine with any luck he's moving back to that, I've a feeling that's the end of quality Abnett HH, and therefore the end for the HH series altogether for me. Is there somewhere else to write this? I don't have any more to say just wondered if this was the appropriate thread.
I have to agree.
Primarch battles have become the Japanese Anime Schoolgirl Panty Shot of the Horus Heresy series.
The problem with that? The primarch battles have no resolution, and are ridiculously cartoony. Curze has been irrevocably ruined, and he was once one of the more intriguing primarchs. Think about the battle between Horus and Sanguinius. Between Russ and Magnus. Between Guilliman and Alpharius. These were battles with consequences.
It started in Betrayer (which was another pointless filler novel better suited as a short story). Guilliman, Angron and Lorgar in an epic three way confrontation, only to have a neat little wrap up where Angron goes all daemony and Guilliman gets dragged off so that everyone can live to fight another day. Battles with no consequences, and not even any threatpf consequences are boring. These are literally only being included to give the fanboys something to titter about.
Haha yeah
Spoiler:
at one point a thunderhawk shows up to track Curze and I thought to myself "will he end up clinging to the side of this thing?" :s wasn't disappointed.
I haven't read any non-Abnett HH but I can imagine they're mostly like UE (pointless, meandering, trashy cliche ) and to be fair I'd expect that from any BL novel aside from Abnett and a few old-schoolers (Brian Craig springs to mind). The sad thing is that Abnett's first few (HR, Legion, that SW one) were quality reads but he appears to have reached that point where he doesn't have any more interest in a series that he's seemingly obliged to continue, which is why I'm not holding out any hope for new HH stuff and looking forward to new Eisenhorn or something different entirely.
Manga Primarch battles, spot on there. I much prefer to look fondly on memories of HH snippets from 40k / RT books where the characters and events maintained an integrity, albeit fuzzy and undefined. No vivid moments where Robute and Lion'el share meaningful stares, or Kurze asking "Why won't you just stay dead?" of Vulkan before they both
Spoiler:
jump onto the wings of a moving Thunderhawk
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2013/11/05 19:04:13
Subject: Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
Rayvon wrote: Just finished Unremembered Empire, I thought it was really good, perked up my interest a little bit more and even gave me a liking for Robute, totally unexpected !
I am now looking forward to the next release and upset with myself for not buying any of the LEHH stuff now.
I'm still at MMPB rate, so not up there yet, but I know what you mean about RG, when he loses his temper in the battle towards the end of Betrayer, he instantly seemed a more interesting and complex character than all the way through Know No Fear.
At the moment he is danger of going up in my estimation even further than Lorgar did between the First Heretic and the end of Aurelian.
So, which one are you? I know you aren't my erstwhile brother because I watched him die.
Scars, the print version of the serialised story is the next book to the best of my knowledge.
Wow, the Epithemeus thing is dark, even by 40K standards!
Well to be honest I am on MMPB as well, well I was until betrayer, I though I would buy the audio book and see what it was like, and bam I was hooked again, I thought betrayer was really good so I thought why not get the next one too, then wait for the Book for my shelf at a later date.
I thought that the last couple were that good that I would probably read them as well when the MMPB came out.
Contrary to a lot of other chaps opinions, I am really enjoying how the Heresy is being portrayed in these books, before we only had snippets and it was never enough to satisfy me, I like that after all these years it is being fleshed out and other events, twists and turns are being revealed to us, if that makes me a fan boy then fair enough, I dont care.
2013/11/05 19:14:46
Subject: Re:Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
nels1031 wrote: Just read the first of the Legion of the Damned short stories to be released on Itunes.
Brother Sergeant Centurius makes an appearance, old timers may remember him as the limited edition LotD special character. The Legion actually interacts with fellow space marines in this story and we see how they recruit. Still plenty of mystery and menace surround them though. Pretty cool.
I'll be picking all of them as they are released. Love me some Legion of the Damned.
Edit: I liked it so much I'm just gonna download the whole collection of 6 from BL.
Would you be so good as to give us a review of them when you're finished? I was really thrilled to see the release but they're all battles battles battles. I was hoping for some more background and depth but I wonder if that's interwoven with the stories.
Certainly, although I'm at work, I'll get you some spoilery summaries later tonight hopefully.
"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
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2013/11/06 00:38:41
Subject: Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
Just a quick heads up to anyone who wanted and missed out on a copy Visions of Heresy collectors edition. Its back up on sale on the Black Library site (no need to waste money on eBay).
2013/11/08 18:55:30
Subject: Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
Just finished reading Betrayer now that it's on Legacy edition:
Spoiler:
I have to say that i enjoyed most of it, Lorgar's balls have grown a wee bit, still think Corax would kick his ass in a rematch not matter what he/ADB thinks . I enjoyed Lorgar's pulling of Angron's strings, trying to "save" him etc etc. Kharn's progression to crazy Kharn is almost there.
How does Gulliman and the boys in blue come back? I'm sure it'll be talked about in Unremembered Empire which i'll wait for the Legacy edition once again.
Stuff i didn't like: how many Marines died in all the battle scenes? Good grief, it sounds like there are basically no World Eaters nor any Ultramarines left in the galaxy at times the way some of the battle scenes went.
How did the ultramarines get off of Nuceria? It sounded like their entire fleet got wiped out?
The next black library author that writes about an Imperator going to battle on it's lonesome with it's meters thick armoured doors at the bottom of it's feet apparently wide open or only needing a couple of marines using crowbars to open them, i'm going to throw the bloody book away.
In this instance, i can understand that it didn't have support from other titans because the captain of the World eaters ship is a some sort of freaking genius and that 18 warhounds can keep the Imperator from firing it's guns with their harpoons, but apparently that's enough leverage to stop it from continuing from walking? The continued stupidity of the Mechanicus/Titan Legions of putting their dumbest princeps in control of their largest titans? Allowing the titan to be captured? Hello? Self destruct? I'm pretty sure the Princeps and the Titan machine spirit wouldn't want it to be captured? Have i been reading all of this wrong when it comes to Titans and their Princeps?
The only treatments i've really enjoyed of an Imperator Titan going down is from Titanicus by Abnett.
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2013/11/08 20:39:37
Subject: Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
Just finished reading Betrayer now that it's on Legacy edition:
Spoiler:
I have to say that i enjoyed most of it, Lorgar's balls have grown a wee bit, still think Corax would kick his ass in a rematch not matter what he/ADB thinks . I enjoyed Lorgar's pulling of Angron's strings, trying to "save" him etc etc. Kharn's progression to crazy Kharn is almost there.
How does Gulliman and the boys in blue come back? I'm sure it'll be talked about in Unremembered Empire which i'll wait for the Legacy edition once again.
Stuff i didn't like: how many Marines died in all the battle scenes? Good grief, it sounds like there are basically no World Eaters nor any Ultramarines left in the galaxy at times the way some of the battle scenes went.
How did the ultramarines get off of Nuceria? It sounded like their entire fleet got wiped out?
The next black library author that writes about an Imperator going to battle on it's lonesome with it's meters thick armoured doors at the bottom of it's feet apparently wide open or only needing a couple of marines using crowbars to open them, i'm going to throw the bloody book away.
In this instance, i can understand that it didn't have support from other titans because the captain of the World eaters ship is a some sort of freaking genius and that 18 warhounds can keep the Imperator from firing it's guns with their harpoons, but apparently that's enough leverage to stop it from continuing from walking? The continued stupidity of the Mechanicus/Titan Legions of putting their dumbest princeps in control of their largest titans? Allowing the titan to be captured? Hello? Self destruct? I'm pretty sure the Princeps and the Titan machine spirit wouldn't want it to be captured? Have i been reading all of this wrong when it comes to Titans and their Princeps?
Did you read know no fear or mark of Calth? That has a lot of info regarding the ultramarines, as does unremembered empire.
The only treatments i've really enjoyed of an Imperator Titan going down is from Titanicus by Abnett.
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2013/11/08 20:47:31
Subject: Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
And you've no idea how hard that was to do without reading what was supposed to be spoilered because I've still got a 10 hour flight to China, a week in China and the some 20-ish hours on a plane to get back home to go...
...where I plan to be reading all of the books mentioned!!!
2013/11/08 21:13:17
Subject: Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
I've read Know no Fear, and i understand the current state of the Ultramarines, i was just commenting on how they "got back into the game" so to speak, which should be interesting.
Spoiler:
The way i'm seeing it, pre Unremembered Empire, is that the Ultramarines have lost what 50%? 60%? 70%? of their legion strength. Which is a freaking lot of marines and it's not quite as bad as the 3 legions at Isstvaan, but still.
Alpharius proofed.
Don't spoil Unremembered Empire!! The legacy edition isn't out yet, lol....
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2013/11/08 23:37:35
Subject: Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
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nels1031 wrote: Just read the first of the Legion of the Damned short stories to be released on Itunes.
Brother Sergeant Centurius makes an appearance, old timers may remember him as the limited edition LotD special character. The Legion actually interacts with fellow space marines in this story and we see how they recruit. Still plenty of mystery and menace surround them though. Pretty cool.
I'll be picking all of them as they are released. Love me some Legion of the Damned.
Edit: I liked it so much I'm just gonna download the whole collection of 6 from BL.
Would you be so good as to give us a review of them when you're finished? I was really thrilled to see the release but they're all battles battles battles. I was hoping for some more background and depth but I wonder if that's interwoven with the stories.
I'd love to hear what you think of the legion of the damned books. Black library is putting out some amazing stuff, but the short stories can be a bit hit and miss. Feel a bit like a 5 minute job to earn easy cash some times.
on the other hand, who wouldn't be excited about more stuff about the legion of the damned?
For the few that requested it here is the review/summary of the Legion of the Damned short stories that BL released for Halloween. Sorry for the delay.
Animus Malorum, Dark Hollows of Memory are great stories and really add to the LotD mythos. More is revealed in those two stories about the Legion then in pretty much all of the fluff regarding them since there appearance. Those are the absolute must haves for any LotD fan, in my opinion.
The rest are just standard Deus Ex Machina stories that offer nothing else about the Legion. The Ship of the Damned was neat in that it revealed how a sub-warp ship works, as it travels across the galaxy. Remorseless was pretty cool in that it showcased a brutal gene-enhanced Human traitor in the service of the Iron Warriors. From the Flames... Meh. Votum Infernus had some nice Dark Eldar dialogue and combat.
The good shorts from this gave me so many new theories about the Legion of the Damned.
Animus Malorum:
Spoiler:
A company of Astartes that isn't named is fighting a losing war against an Ork horde on an important relic world. Standard fight to the last Space Marine stuff. The Captain of the company seems to despise his Chapter for leaving the relic world to its fate. He stays behind to sacrifice himself and his company to protect the relics and the few people left. A Techmarine is about to blow the giant chapel down, so as to deny the enemy the satisfaction of looting the tombs, should the others fall. The Legion shows up before he can do it. The Captain is mortally wounded killing an Ork Nob. He witnesses the Orks start to apparently turn on themselves, but then he notices the Legion is fighting them back, against all odds. He focuses on one Legion member in particular. A helmetless Marine(Sgt. Centurius) leading the new arrivals. His face is deathly pale, his eyes glow and every sweep of his chainsword is a banshees wail. The captain blacks out from his injuries.
He wakes up to the face of his apothecary and his civilian assistant. The Techmarine that first encountered the Legion is also there, its also revealed that Sergeant Centurius is in the room and he communicates to the captain through the Techmarine, telling him of the price that must be paid to the Legion for their assistance. The price being that the Legion wants someone like him in their ranks. The captain agrees and submits his life to the Legion. Before he is taken, and sees the truth of the bargain,you get the sense that he immediately regretted it.
Cut to the Techmarine supervising repairs and such, when combat breaks out. The Legion, who maintained vigil over the battefield while their Sergeant got his new recruit, turn on the Marines. The civilians who are around the battefield are impossibly spared the flames, apparently they aren't the target. Its the surviving Marines who are burning. Before the Techmarine is killed, Sgt. Centurius tells him that the rest of the Astartes at the battle were not worthy of the Legion, as their service wasn't as selfless as the recently departed Captain. They just followed orders, did as commanded and what was expected of them, nothing more, and apparently the Legion doesn't care for that type of Space Marine. Centurius uses the Animus Malorum on the Techmarine and steals his soul. End.
From the Flames:
Spoiler:
Two page short story... ffs.
Invaders Chapter in the midst of destroying the Idharae Craftworld. Eldar Avatar is wrecking the Marines, when the Legion shows up. Their flaming ammo is no use against the fiery demon, so they turn their fire in perfect unison onto the glass dome above them. It breaks and sucks friend and foe out into the void. The survivor, narrating the tale, turns on his distress beacon and watches his Chapter destroy the Craftworld.
This summary is about as long as the story itself.
Remorseless:
Spoiler:
This story is from the perspective of a Iron Warrior "gene-hound". He's an enhanced traitor human who is almost a match for an Astartes, but not in a fair fight. He uses his traitor guardsmen as fodder and kills an Imperial Fist, after a lengthy battle. He then lives up to his name sake and takes the Imperial Fists gene-seed, as that seems to be what he's made for. Then spectral marines start to appear and begin picking off the traitors. Eventually only the genehound is left. He fights off one Legion marine, with the help of combat stims. More Legion show up and give chase, not shooting him down, instead trying to capture him(but really they want the geneseed). During the chase the Legion are always right behind, in the corner of his eye. He takes a moment to look around and notices the tide of battle has turned the Iron Warriors are fleeing the planet. He gives up the chase and tries to hand the geneseed back to a Legion member who is walking towards him. The Legionnaire is also reverently holding the relics that were on the Imperial Fists armour, like they are also precious to him. The genehound notices that his vial storing the geneseed is broken and its contents destroyed. The Legion also notice and a mournful wail comes from the Legion. The traitor burns for a long time.
Votum Infernus:
Spoiler:
A squad of Vostroyan guardsmen are being hunted across a battlefield by a brother and sister duo of Dark Eldar. Eventually only one pious guardsman is left, and he prays for the Emperor to save him. Unsurprisingly, a Legionnaire shows up and kills the attacking Dark Eldar. The surviving brother tries to avenge the death of his sister but is also killed. The Vostroyan looks upon his savior and his memory comes back.
Twist #1 : Its not an actual battlefield. Its a Dark Eldar arena set up to look like one. The Archon asks his slavemaster where he got that amazing slave in black armor that just killed the two Dark Eldar. Slavemaster is dumbfounded and confused and is promptly killed by the Archon.
Twist #2 : The recreated battlefield was too well recreated, since it took actual Imperial buildings and placed them in the arena, regardless of its contents. Turns out at the base of one tower was the reliquary of a Space Marine, the same one who just saved the Vostroyan. More Legion show up and clean out the arena of its occupants Archon and all.
The Vostroyan is mercy killed by the Legion.
The Dark Hollows of Memory:
Spoiler:
Setting is an archive world for an entire sector. A custodian of the gigantic library finds himself compelled by some supernatural force to look for one book. He gets to it, but before he can check its contents, he's summoned to the Cathedral for services. At the end of the services, the Company of Misery attacks. They are traitor Astartes who live to spread fear and uh... Misery to the Imperium they onced served. They are somewhat Word Bearerish in their conduct. They start to torture and kill the scribes and acolytes, but their mission is to destroy the vaults that house all of the sectors knowledge.
The Legion appear and begin to combat the traitors. This story is unique in that parts of it are from an actual Legionnaire's perspective. They view the world and battles as I always imagined how a Thousand Son Rubric Marine would. His mind seems to be driven towards one purpose and thats the elimination of the traitors, who glow bright red amongst the fog that they view the material world in. Distractions pop up, such as dark shapes in the smoke (mortals, who they ignore) and they instinctively know that there is knowledge in the vast library that shouldn't be there. "A scar. A memory of the past that shouldn't be here." Or some such. They ignore it and focus on the task at hand: the traitors.
Suffice to say, the Legion defeats the Company of Misery and disappear. The custodian who was drawn to some secret at the beginning of the story, searches for it and finds it again. But now its nothing but ash, its contents unknown.
Ship of the Damned:
Spoiler:
A sister from the Order Dialogus is the main character, who I believe was a minor character in an older Black Templar novel. She attends to the spiritual needs of a pilgrim ship as it travels its route to Terra. During a class with children, a scuffle breaks out between two boys and a black sphere is dropped. The sister asks where he got the sphere and he says a Space Marine gave it to him, on his other ship, which miraculously survived a Xenos raid before it was rescued by this ship. Before she can press further, officers from the deck barge in and request the sisters presence upon the bridge. Its revealed that another ship is sending out a distress signal, but they can't understand it. While the sister tries to translate the message, the captain tries to dock with it. Right before they breach the doors, the sister realizes its a 7000 year old ship, from the Plague of Unbelief. That equals plague zombies. They get aboard the ship and do what zombies do. The sister retreats to the chapel where her class is held up and barricades the doors. She realizes that the child who dropped the black sphere is nowhere to be found, he went to search for his momma. She goes out in search of him and they find his now zombified mother and kill it. The gunfire attracts more zombies and they corner the pair, shes about to turn the last shot on the boy, but the black sphere, still in her pocket, begins to emit warmth. Then a Legion member appears and kills the zombies. He takes back the sphere and disappears. The ship is cleared in minutes and all is well. The exhausted sister goes to rest and finds the sphere on her pillow.
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"Sometimes the only victory possible is to keep your opponent from winning." - The Emperor, from The Outcast Dead.
"Tell your gods we are coming for them, and that their realms will burn as ours did." -Thostos Bladestorm
2013/11/10 15:02:01
Subject: Re:Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
I liked Angel Exterminatus well enough, and I'm enjoying Betrayer, but...
..can the Good Guys get some love soon?
I can only take so much of the Emperor's Side getting their heads staved in, over and over...
Though maybe that's is meant to be a representation of 'How Things Went" until the Siege...
I do too, but you know as well as me that whenever the loyalists get an upper hand, the twirling mustache's of the XX Legion will show up. I swear they are like the freaking inquisition!!
Here's hoping that Mark of Calth is one for the underdogs!
2013/11/11 16:28:16
Subject: Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
Formosa wrote: Mark of calth is hit and miss, one of the stories in there is amazing,
I enjoyed all of the stories, especially the last one. The story about the athame from the athame's perspective was a little weird, but still cool in the switch of perspective.
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2013/11/11 16:44:24
Subject: Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
I liked Angel Exterminatus well enough, and I'm enjoying Betrayer, but...
..can the Good Guys get some love soon?
I can only take so much of the Emperor's Side getting their heads staved in, over and over...
Though maybe that's is meant to be a representation of 'How Things Went" until the Siege...
I do too, but you know as well as me that whenever the loyalists get an upper hand, the twirling mustache's of the XX Legion will show up. I swear they are like the freaking inquisition!!
Here's hoping that Mark of Calth is one for the underdogs!
You know I'm not looking for that!
I was really hoping that the 'twist' was that the Alpha Legion really WAS loyal to the Emperor, but the stories since LEGION have drifted away from that concept...and into something terribly predictable and...mundane.
Oh well!
2013/11/11 17:10:04
Subject: Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
We find comfort among those who agree with us - growth among those who don't. - Frank Howard Clark
The wise man doubts often, and changes his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubts not; he knows all things but his own ignorance.
The correct statement of individual rights is that everyone has the right to an opinion, but crucially, that opinion can be roundly ignored and even made fun of, particularly if it is demonstrably nonsense!” Professor Brian Cox
I always assumed after the twin primarches was introduced, the direction they were going was. 1 of the twins and his followers were loyal, the other was evil.
Gulliman ends up killing the loyal one, which is what drives the rest of them into the pure chaos for the Lula they are in the 41st millennium.
2013/11/11 17:45:25
Subject: Re:Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
nels1031 wrote: For the few that requested it here is the review/summary of the Legion of the Damned short stories that BL released for Halloween. Sorry for the delay.
Animus Malorum, Dark Hollows of Memory are great stories and really add to the LotD mythos. More is revealed in those two stories about the Legion then in pretty much all of the fluff regarding them since there appearance. Those are the absolute must haves for any LotD fan, in my opinion.
The rest are just standard Deus Ex Machina stories that offer nothing else about the Legion. The Ship of the Damned was neat in that it revealed how a sub-warp ship works, as it travels across the galaxy. Remorseless was pretty cool in that it showcased a brutal gene-enhanced Human traitor in the service of the Iron Warriors. From the Flames... Meh. Votum Infernus had some nice Dark Eldar dialogue and combat.
The good shorts from this gave me so many new theories about the Legion of the Damned.
[/spoiler]
Thanks for the report, I'll pick up malorum and memory
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Compel wrote: I always assumed after the twin primarches was introduced, the direction they were going was. 1 of the twins and his followers were loyal, the other was evil.
Gulliman ends up killing the loyal one, which is what drives the rest of them into the pure chaos for the Lula they are in the 41st millennium.
That would have been good too.
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The USS Orinoco was a Federation Danube-class runabout that was in service with Starfleet in the late 24th century, attached to Deep Space 9. It was outfitted with a sensor pod.
Well, I've not read the most recent stories (Angel Exterminatus, Unremembered, Vulkan Lives). However, the story in The Primarches certainly seemed to be confirming my theory.
Incidentally, that should have been 'chaos for the lulz' - Apparently my computer autocorrected...
2013/11/11 18:26:43
Subject: Re:Black Library News & Rumours Thread IV, in obligatory unwanted 3-D!
Oh, there could be an even bigger twist working off that one:
Spoiler:
theory, alpharius and omegon have started out on the cabal's plan to destroy humanity. one of them eventually turns to chaos, guilliman kills the one which has not turned to chaos and the cabal's plans to save the galaxy by wiping out humanity are left in ruins.
The USS Orinoco was a Federation Danube-class runabout that was in service with Starfleet in the late 24th century, attached to Deep Space 9. It was outfitted with a sensor pod.
I'm thinking that Guilliman confronts the twins and the evil twin's true colors are revealed. The twins grapple with each other and fall behind a rock out of sight. When they emerge Guilliman draws his bolter to kill the evil twin.
"He is Omegon, I am Alpharius - shoot him!" cries Omegon (Alpharius?).
"I am Alpharius!"
"I am Alpharius!"
"I am Alpharius!"
"I am Alpharius!"
"I am Alpharius!"
"I am Alpharius!"
"By the alabaster columns of the Temple of Hera, I'm seeing double! Take this traitor - FOR THE EMPEROR!!!" Guilliman's bolter barks and Omegon falls dead.
And thus did Guilliman rid the galaxy of the scourge of Omegon. Or has he...? Dunn dunn DUNN!
Coming soon to space marine battles book near you.
. I enjoyed Lorgar's pulling of Angron's strings, trying to "save" him etc etc. Kharn's progression to crazy Kharn is almost there.
