++ The Euripides Incident: a joint 30k project log ++

[Dosjetka]

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The Incident at Station Euripides

Date: 013.m31

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Segmentum: Solar

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System: Sol

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Planet: Europa, orbiting Jupiter

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Function: Mechanicum research facility

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Assigned Overseer: Genetor-Supreme Kykeron

Ancient Pict-Reconstruction of Pre-Imperial Europa; date unknown, probably m3/m4

Europa, like many of the solar moons, has been utilized as a secretive research facility for some of the Mechanicum-covens that were closest to the Imperial throne. Deimos and Phobos of Mars were the twin-seat of the Pradaean synode; archwrights of some of the more destructive base-technologies supplied to the Crusade (>>>>Cross-reference DEIMOS-PATTERN-RHINO///>>>>Cross-reference PHOBOS PATTERN BOLTER). Luna as the shadowed empire of the Sororitas Silentium and the lunar Geno-cults.

Similarly, Europa was home to the Ansilean Circle, a branch of of the Adeptus Genetoris concerned with -REDACTED- and thus imbued with all the neccessary ranks and privileges as by the Emperor's own decree. Due to the high-priority technologies developed and improved upon, in which incidentally both Lord Guillaume and the traitor-primarch Alpharius have taken high interest, the station has long been obscured from regular imperial authorities and been declared perditas due to remnant xenos infestation.

This, of course, was a farce. Access could only be granted by a select few individuals; the primarchs, the fabricator-general of Mars, the Emperor and Malcador to only name a few. During the closing stages of the Horus Heresy, assaults conducted by the Alpha Legion on the Solar system had increased massively and many harrowing strikes were lead against both the various mechanicum outposts as well as the Imperial Fist garrisons scattered throughout the system.

Somewhen during the thirteenth year of m31, all contact from Terra to Europa broke off and an investigative force of Imperial Fists had been sent out by Lord Dorn to secure the technology still present in the Ansilean vaults. It is to be noted that Lord Dorn was at first unwilling to send out any of his men due to the impending Siege of Terra, but both Lord Malcador and the Emperor's personal genewrights could convince him otherwise.

The investigative force would quickly discover that a strike force of the Alpha Legion, supported by traitor units of the Solar Auxilia, had disabled all communication in the facility and begun off-loading the present technology. It appears that the stationed Mechanicum force had been seeded with operatives for decades, if not longer, and had thus turned to the cause of the archtraitor.

This is the documentation of the Euripides-incident.

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"We are Alpharius"

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:::::::::Fareth well, Inquisitor Yannik:::::::::

:::::::::The Emperor protects:::::::::

[Written by The Observer]

[Dosjetka]

Servitors, scribes, lexmechanics, strategists, fleet commanders, envoys from loyalist Mechanicum Magii, all added their voices to the cacophony in the room. Rogal Dorn stood in front of the holographic display, silent, deep in thought. Debates and arguments were raging all around him as people sought solutions for the impossible: Horus' assault on the Sol System and Terra. What many of them did not know was that this assault had already started, unbeknownst to all but Malcador, the Primarch, and a precious few advisors. And, of course, the victims of these vicious covert attacks which were the hallmark of only one Legion.
A number of stations and outposts had been taken out of action. This was troublesome but manageable and his Legion had had some success with destroying the infiltrators before they could sneak back into the shadows and strike again elsewhere. Europa was different. Europa was a classified research facility. Europa was a primary target for anyone seeking to undermine loyalist efforts to defend the Sol System against Horus and his traitors. Therefore Europa would require an immediate response. He turned towards one of his Captains.

"What is the status of Miran Erk and his men?"

"They are currently headed for one of the Kuyper stations, sir."

Some of the onlookers who had stopped their own conversations to listen to the Primarch raised an eyebrow, oblivious that one of these very stations hidden away in the Kuyper asteroid belt had ceased transmissions with Terra sixteen standard hours ago.

"What of Eiling and 284 Storm?"

"VII-284BTN is currently deployed on Terra, Nevhra Caelix sub-district, sir."

"Rufus Khyber?"

Captain Almyr raised an eyebrow. The Primarch's distaste for 63 Storm Battalion and its methods was known throughout the legion.

"VII-63BTN is onboard the Phalanx awaiting orders, sir."

"Let him go forth and cleanse the shadows."

[Dagoth Ur]

http://forum.battlefleetgothic-armada.com/download/file.php?avatar=8370_1462219247.jpg

 

Europa, once a barren moon of ochre stone and pale dust, once home to primitive xenos beasts that had stared at the skies with lidless eyes. Europa, now a gigerian nightmare of hungering iron and glowing incubation pods, all hidden behind atmospheric layers of visi-shields and cybernetica drones. A fortress of formidable defence, a trove of horrid alchemycks and technology. Setting off one alarm would have set off thousands more on Terra and Mars alike. One violent act and ten thousands of arms, plasma, melta, laser and adrathic alike, would have torn apart any intruder daft enough to encroach upon His domain.

Lazav had no need for violence. It is much easier to open a locked door when one of the hands behind it belongs to oneself. The Ansilean Circle had been part of the Sect Genetoris of the Mechanicum, true enough, but the coven had been born deep beneath Terra. Lazav remembered the Goddard very well, the mountain beneath which a nation of genetors had survived, bred and researched for generations. Of course there were operatives within such a circle. The Ghost Legion saw all. The Ghost Legion was everywhere.

 

Horus knew nothing of this raid. Horus knew very little of the Alpha Legion's plans.

 

"Lord Lazav?" The mechanic voice tore him from his thoughts "Please affirm a course of action."

 

"You say that the Imperial Fists have sent an investigative force, Lukanius?" Lazav's terminator armour strained to contain his post-human frame "Name? Designation? What do we know?"

 

"Affirmative. Documentation reveals the name Rufus Khyber, probably a leader of some sort. The name of a certain captain Almyr is referenced a few times, though the nature of the connection is not explained" Lukanius and Lazav were both Terranborn. Their pale skin, resistant to most sorts of cosmetic surgery, betrayed their heritage clearly. The green runes within Lukanius eyes ceased to move "It is the 63 Storm Battallion, reference VII-63BTN, but numbers, disposition or status are unlisted. Apart from these few names, there is no other information available to us."

 

"That is...unusual" Lazav stared out of a glass bull-eye. This moon, Europa, was unsettling and yet beautiful in all its shades of olive green, lacquered black and silver "Why might that be?"

 

"It is only noted that the VII^th primarch seems to hold a distaste for 'their tactics', though the document does not elaborate as to what that might mean" Lukanius servo-arm whirred and clanked in anticipation, like a dog ready for the hunt "What do we do? We need more time to fully secure everything, we are only halfway there."

 

Dorn, are you sending us some kindred spirits after all? Lazav thought to himself, before turning to the forgelord "Awaken the Tiamat, the Nammu and the cybernetica cohorts. I will see to our other units."

 

"As you wish" Lukanius strode off with heavy footsteps, already keying in the initial rites of awakening.

 

-Lernaean Gamma Jedan, Iffrit Beta Dva- Lazav opened his private vox-link, already envisioning several plans for the defense of Europa -To me-

[Soldier of Dorn]

 

"What of Eiling and 284 Storm?"

 

"VII-284BTN is currently deployed on Terra, Nevhra Caelix sub-district, sir."

 

Those names certainly sound familiar... ;)

 

Looking forward to this, gentlemen.

[Reyner]

Awesome :D

[Dosjetka]

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:::::::::Greetings Alpharius:::::::::Unspooling Data-crystals:::::::::

:::::::::Access granted:::::::::

:::::::::Thought for the day: Success is measured in blood; yours or your enemy's.:::::::::

Composition of VII-63BTN, 63rd Storm Battalion, Imperial Fists (VII) Legion

[ERROR: DATA INCOMPLETE]

[ERROR: UNCONVENTIONAL STORM BATTALION STRUCTURE]

Battalion Command

Storm-Captain Rufus Khyber, Commander of VII-63BTN
[2-i-c] Captain Almyro Varan

Captain [+DATA ERROR+]
[2-i-c] [+DATA ERROR+]

Captain Vaden Herzog [+DATA ERROR+]
[2-i-c] [+DATA ERROR+] Emiro Izak

Brother-Reclusiarch Gola Rhan [+DATA ERROR+]
[2-i-c] Brother-Chaplain [+DATA ERROR+]

Apothecarion
Honour Guard

Assault Echelon

[+DATA ERROR: DATA SUPPRESSED BY ENEMY NOOSPHERIC COUNTERMEASURES...ATTEMPTING EVASION AND/OR OVERRIDE+]

First Company

Storm-Captain Rufus Khyber

[2-i-c] Captain Almyro Varan

[+DATA ERROR+]

4 [+DATA ERROR+] Squads (10-20 Astartes)

2 Destroyer Squads (5-10 Astartes)

Dreadnought Talon [+DATA ERROR+] (1-3 vehicles)

Second Company

Captain [+DATA ERROR+] Ebarra

[+DATA ERROR: DATA SUPPRESSED BY ENEMY NOOSPHERIC COUNTERMEASURES...ATTEMPTING EVASION AND/OR OVERRIDE+]

Third Company

[+DATA ERROR+]

[2-i-c] First Lieutenant Mattias Avel

[+DATA ERROR+] Squad (10 Astartes)

1 Veteran [+DATA ERROR+] (10-20 Astartes)

4 Breacher Squads (10-20 Astartes)

[+DATA ERROR+]

Dreadnought Talon [+DATA ERROR+]

Support Elements

[+DATA ERROR: DATA SUPPRESSED BY ENEMY NOOSPHERIC COUNTERMEASURES...ATTEMPTING EVASION AND/OR OVERRIDE+]

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:::::::::Until next time, Alpharius:::::::::

:::::::::Heresy begets Retribution:::::::::

Edited October 12, 2017 by Chaplain Dosjetka

[Dagoth Ur]

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:::::::::Attached you will find a partially cracked listing of present secessionist forces:::::::::

 

XIX^th Company, XX^th Legion, "The Ghost Legion"

 

 

Catena Alpha Primus (>>Add. Possibly refers to the commanding individuals)

 

Dominus-Latrocinor Lazav-Omega

Centurio-Legatus +SCRAPSHUNTERABORT+

 

Consul-Dominus-Opsequirai +DELETED+ (>>Add. see Fieldpolice Program)

 

Consul-Dominus-Nuntio +SCRAPSHUNTERABORT+

 

Consul-Dominus-Vigilans +SCRAPSHUNTERABORT+

 

Consul-Dominus-+DELETED+ Lukanius

 

+REDACTED+

 

+DELETED+ Ianos

 

Ex***s

 

Catena-Lernaean

 

Lernaean-Primus +REDACTED+

Lernaean-Secundus Shando

 

Lernaean Alpha Tri

 

Lernaean Delta Pet

 

Lernaean Gamma Jedan

 

Catena-Tenebris-Ignis

 

Ifrit-Dominus Ex***s

 

Ifrit-Beta-Dva

 

Ifrit-Theta-Sedam

 

Ifrit-Xi-Devet

 

Catena-Ferrum-Cordis

 

Consul-Dominus-Fornax +SCRAPSHUNTERABORT+

 

+DELETED+ Tiamat

 

+DELETED+ Nammu

 

+DELETED+ Ningyo

 

Catena-Opsequirai

 

Consul-Dominus-Opsequirai +DELETED+

 

Consul-Opsequirai Jedan

 

Consul-Opsequirai Dva

 

Consul-Opsequirai Tri

 

Catena-Curatio

 

Consul-Dominus-Apothecarios +SCRAPSHUNTERABORT+

 

Consul-Apothecarios Jedan

 

Consul-Apothecarios Dva

 

Catena- +RESTRICTED+

 

+ACCESS RESTRICTED+

 

Catena-Mors-Silensis

 

Consul-Dominus-+SCRAPSHUNTERABORT+ Salak

 

Sicarius-Rho Jedini

 

Catena-Socius

 

+DELETED+

 

+DELETED+

 

+DELETED+

 

+DELETED+

 

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///Pict-degradation most likely a result of cloaking device collaps and Phosphex-Flare///

 

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:::::::::As you wish, Storm-Captain:::::::::

:::::::::Hail the Emperor, his will be done:::::::::

Edited October 12, 2017 by The Observer

[Brother Cambrius]

This is building up nicely. :D Love these style of projects, and the writing thus far is spot on.

 

Cambrius