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There are three great Hive Cities on Prawa V: Prawa Prime, Prawa Secundus, and Prawa Ten Drugi. Ten Drugi is my home, the home of my brothers and sisters in the Miners' Guild of Shaft VII. The Imperial overseers rule with iron fists, their myriad bureaucrats ensconced within towering spires, tallying each unit of ore we rip from the rock. They ensure that every shortfall is met with punishment—banishment to the sands rather than execution. After all, our labour is vital for the sector, despite no conflicts in the Prawa system for over a century. Long ago, war raged across this world. Beneath the shifting dunes, the carcasses of great war machines lie entombed, waiting for a call that may never come. Every three or four Terran years, the rains come. Torrential downpours turn dust to flood, swallowing our mines, drowning my friends and family by the hundreds. The overseers do nothing. They call these losses acceptable. No protections are given, no warnings sounded. How many times can we watch our kin be swept away before hatred takes root? A deep, festering resentment—a slumbering ember, waiting for a desert wind, a scirocco, to fan it into flame. Until that time, we toiled, cowed beneath the yoke of our oppressors. Then she came. She walked out of the desert with grace, grit, and the storm at her back—our desert wind. Mona. She was a vision—her beauty sharp and untouchable, her voice soft enough to soothe yet strong enough to set hearts ablaze. She whispered truths we had only dared mutter in darkness. Small acts of defiance followed—barely noticeable at first. A misplaced tally. A ‘forgotten’ shift. Meaningless in isolation, yet exhilarating in our veins. For the first time, we felt control. Months passed, and then came the stranger. Cloaked and silent, always in the shadows. Mona told us he, too, was a victim of our oppressors. That he hid his scars from us. Still, she called him Father. Spoke of his wisdom, his kindness. At first, we only glimpsed him—a shifting figure at the edge of firelight. Watching. Waiting. Then, one day, Mona took me aside. She asked about my family. About my dreams. What would I do to make their lives better? To free them? To ensure they never feared the floods or the overseers again? I had no answer. What could I possibly do? Small acts could only take us so far before the overseers uncovered our defiance and sent us to die in the sands. As much as rebellion stirred my heart, it would never be enough. Mona leaned in, her lips close to my ear, her voice like silk over steel. “Family is everything,” she whispered. Her cheek brushed mine. I felt the warmth of her breath, scented with cinnamon and cloves. My pulse quickened. “He is ready to see you now.” A shiver coiled down my spine. Who? Mona’s smile was radiant, knowing. The shadows behind her stirred. “Father.”

So, I'm looking into options for a Brood Brothers regiment. I'm leaning Cadian, but that might change if Catachan kits are compatible with the Brood Brothers upgrades. I dunno, I'm looking at stuff. Basic question is, do the Brood Brothers heads swap properly like they do with the Cadian kit?

I have questions in relation to Brood Brothers units, mostly in relation to the Militarum Tempestus. Does it make lore sense to run Brood Brothers Tempestus? Is it actually possible in the rules to run Brood Brothers Tempestus, and how would that function with the Tempestus having a fixed <REGIMENT> keyword but only sort of? Assuming 1 and 2 are valid, do I want a squad of 10 Tempestus Scions or a squad of 5, a Command Squad and a Tempestor Prime? Assuming 2 is valid and the MILITARUM TEMPESTUS keywords on MILITARUM TEMPESTUS datasheets get swapped for BROOD BROTHERS, can any BROOD BROTHERS INFANTRY model that isn't an Ogryn ride in a Taurox Prime? Assuming 4 is false for one reason or another, do I want to build it as a regular Taurox instead of a Taurox Prime so it can carry an Infantry Squad if I want it to? What happens when I take a 1CP Detachment for Brood Brothers? Does it make lore sense to run Commissars for Brood Brothers? Assuming 6 is valid, how would you model Commissars for Brood Brothers, using the existing Officio Prefectus Commissar kit (the one that comes in the Start Collecting! sets for Tempestus and Cadia)? Do Cadian and Tempestus kits have the same heads (i.e. compatible with Brood Brothers upgrades)? Do Brood Brothers Troops gain Objective Secured?