The Story of Our War

[W.A.Rorie]

The Story of Our War

 

The Story of Our War is the journals of war from the Legions played by the Metal Head Armory members. Representing the Legions and Forces during the Heresy are:

 

• @GameRanma- Adeptus Custodes | Alpha Legion | Solar Auxila
• @The_Oni_of_Hindsight- Iron Warriors | Iron Hands | Adeptus Mechanicus
• GrimmWeiss- Word Bearers | Daemons of the Ruin Storm | Thousand Sons
• Ramah Storm Set- Imperial Fists | Solar Auxila
• Unkle Sterben- Emperor's Children | White Scars
• Zakharov- Dark Angels
• @HeiYu13- Xeno Threats
• @W.A.Rorie- Raven Guard | Death Guard | Sisters of Silence | Knight House Makabius

[W.A.Rorie]

A Story of Death or Victory- Angels of the XIXth Legion, Raven Guard

 

 

Dramatis Persona:

• Landon Mar-Garet, Remembrancer assigned to 707th Expeditionary Fleet, Narrator
• Primarch Corvus Corax, XIXth Legion
• Chaplain Luang Pu, XIXth Legion,  61st Company, 707th Expeditionary Fleet
• Praetor Ya Ksha, XIXth Legion, 707th Expeditionary Fleet Commander, 505th Company Commander
• Centurion Yut Hakon, 505th Company, 707th Expeditionary Fleet
• Master of Descent Ritt Hirong, 505th Company, 707th Expeditionary Fleet
• Moritat Kriang Sak, 505th Company, 707th Expeditionary Fleet
• Seeker Sgt Rom Ran, 103rd Company, 707th Expeditionary Fleet
• Assault Squad Sgt Charn Chai, 505th Company, 707th Expeditionary Fleet

Chapter I

 

    I often pondered how I would start this tale, but I could never find the words to start. I have tons of notes on things I have seen and heard before and after the battles took place. I saw the wounded, the dead, and the dying on the flight decks of the various ships in the 707th Expeditionary Fleet. I watched Astartes leave and never return. The transports returning damaged if they returned at all.  I once saw a battle unfold before my eyes, it was battle that should not have happened, nor should I have seen in person or even been there to witness it.  I am getting way ahead of myself. My name is Landon Mar-Garet. I am from Albia on Terra. I have written books on historical figures and events from Albia and eventually from around Terra. My writings gathered the attention of the Emperor and I was chosen to be an Imperial Remembrancer.

 

    As a Remembrancer, my job as given to me by Holy Terra, is that of a documenter, as journalist, if you will. Even as I write this, I wonder if it will be read by others. I am one of lucky few, given the opportunity to join the Emperor’s Great Crusade, as the Legions bring the worlds back under the Emperor’s light. This will be the story of my time, or better yet, retelling of the battles of that the Adeptus Astartes, I witnessed. I am full of fear, dread and worried about my death, yet these Superhuman warriors of the Adeptus Astartes, train, fight, and appear invincible. I know they are not, and some of them will be injured, lose limbs, and some will even face death. These individuals know no fear.

 

  While I would loved to been assigned to the XVIth Legion and seen the Warmaster, it was not meant to be. I was assigned to 707th Expeditionary Fleet. I did see a Primarch, I did not speak to him, but I was in his presence. It was the Raven Lord. The Primarch of the XIXth Legion, Raven Guard, Corvus Corax. My hands are still trembling. His sons are massive, and they are dwarfed by him. I do not want to speak ill or make assumptions about him, but he seem irritated and full of rage, but I am not sure that is the right words. There were others in the room, ranking Raven Guard Officers, I believe. I did see a marking on one their legs, an eagle head with lightning bolts behind it, that seemed like it was honorific marking. These Astartes looked as to be child being reprimanded for something they did wrong, And then he told the largest one of the Astartes in the room that he was  "Fleet Commander of 707th Expeditionary Fleet" and to make way as soon as possible. And then the Raven Lord looked at the assembled Remembrancers and said "take them with you," in a growl. And with that I never saw The Raven Lord again. 

 

  During our Journey to the Khymara System, our (the Remembrancers ) main point of contact was with XIXth Legion Chaplain Luang Pu. He would instruct us on the traditions and doctrines of the XIXth Legion. Chaplain Luang Pu was well spoken, was able to provide spiritual and moral guidance and held many meetings with all the Remembrancers. If it was not for him the journey to Khymara would have been a lot worse. Traveling through Warp is a very hard on the soul.  As hospitable as Chaplain Luang Pu, he was intimidating. His armor was dull black like his XIXth Legion Brothers, he stood out by the orange robes he wore when out of his armor and the orange sash while in his armor. He calls it his "Kasaya".  I am not sure if he named his robes or is it part of the XIXth Legion tradition. Chaplain Luang Pu's right leg is cybernetic from the knee down, but thanks to his Astartes Physiology, he is still fast.

 

  All the Astartes of the XIXth Legion in the 707th  Expeditionary Fleet wear the same campaign badge, the Raptor Imperialis, or so I was told that what it is. During the Great Crusade, the Raptor Imperialis was a sigil worn by those Imperial troops who had personally fought alongside the Emperor. In the latter years of the Great Crusade, the honour was usually found only amongst the more senior Terran Astartes of the Space Marine Legions who had seen significant action during the final campaigns of the Wars of Unification.  As I would later find out, all the XIXth Legion Astartes in the 707th Expeditionary Fleet, were Terran Born.

  Other Officers of the XIXth Legion interacted with the Remembrancers. Not necessarily in friendly fashion either .  Commander Ya Ksha of the XIXth Legion avoided me, well all of the Remembrancers in the 707th Expeditionary Fleet, for a long time. Commander Ya Ksha was large, even for an Astartes. It was not until we departed Khymara that he spoke to us.  

 

  “I have fought in the Great Crusade. I fought next to the Emperor. I fought next to my Primarch, Corvus Corax. I have proven my loyalty to XIXth Legion and the Emperor, time and time again. I have earned my laurels of command. I have been made the overall commander of the XIXth Legion assigned to the 707th Expeditionary Fleet . The 707th Expeditionary Fleet served with the Warmaster Horus Lupercal before our Primarch rejoined the Imperium. Our Primarch had the 707th Expeditionary Fleet was deployed to Khymara on the fringes away from many of the battles bringing worlds into Imperial Compliance. Now the 707th Expeditionary Fleet has been recalled and deployed to Tarkath Front. My Brothers and I are not from Deliverance, we are Terran, and we wear the Raptor Imperials with Pride. I am Ya Ksha of the XIXth Legion, Fleet Commander of the 707th Expeditionary Fleet and Commander of the 505th Assault Company.  I have fought next to the Traitorous Warmaster Horus Lupercal, and I will bury my Raven’s Talons all the way to the knuckles into Horus’s chest at the first chance I get, for the honor of my brothers, the Emperor and prove my loyalty to my Primarch. ”

 

But I am digressing, again. I don't think I am ready to talk to Khymara,  yet. I saw things, I am scared, and I am afraid to write about it.

 

 

Chapter 2

 

   The 707th Expeditionary Fleet traveled through the Warp from the Khymara Sector to Warzone Tarkath, Dravik Maw's System. I, Remembrancer Landon Mar-Garet, have been spending a lot of time with XIXth Legion Chaplain Luang Pu. I was on Paraxia in what would become know as the First Defense of Praxia. I was there when the XIXth Legion armored forces led a force of Custodes, XIIth Legion, and Vth Legion against the Forces of the IVth Legion, XVIIth Legion, and the forces of the Adeptus Mechanicus turned on us. I can not even bring myself to talk or write what I saw except to Chaplain Luang Pu. I feel the tears pooling around my eyes and running down my cheeks just thinking about it. I survived and will write about what I saw eventually. Just not right now.  Chaplain Luang Pu has ensured that I am safe, at least for now, mentally, spiritually, and physically.  The story is the Warmaster Horus Lupercal has turned half of the Legions against the Emperor. The 707th Expeditionary Fleet and XIXth Legion remained faithfully to the Emperor.

 

   What is in or what is Warzone Tarkath, Dravik Maw's System? Once a dumping ground for dead fleets and rusted war machines, Dravik’s Maw now fuels the Tarkath war fronts with scrap munitions and jury-rigged armor. Its forge-slums and salvage gangs strip anything that still holds a charge, shipping parts to the system’s forges. Battles here are desperate and dirty—fought over the bones of old wars to arm the next. I am told that the some of our allies from Khymara Sector,  VIIth Legion and Adeptus Custodes from Khymara received the call and are traveling near us. We will be joining forces loyal to Emperor, Ist Legion,  different fleet of  the Vth Legion and a 2nd Fleet from the VIIth Legion. The XXth Legion and XIVth are in the sector and supposedly Loyal.  The Traitorous IVth Legion and XVIIth Legion that we faced on Khymara fled before the Fleet could engage them in a ship battle. Advance scouts are saying those forces have reinforcements from their Legions waiting plus a few more. 

 

   When the Fleet broke orbit from Khymara, my fellow Remembrancers and I finally saw and heard the 707th Expeditionary Fleet Commander, the Commander of the 505th Assault Company. Praetor Ya Ksha. Praetor Ya Ksha is huge for an Adeptus Astartes. Not as large as the Primarch of XIXth Legion, Corvus Corax, Praetor Ya Ksha is still the largest Adeptus Astartes, I have ever seen. As the Commander of an Assault company, he is often seen with his Company Officers, Centurion Yut Hakon, Master of Descent Ritt Hirong, and Moritat Kriang Sak. Moritat Kriang Sak was a quiet individual. Partial because few would speak to him out of fear and those that tried and were not part of the XIXth Legion, stared at them until they left.  Centurion Yut Hakon and Master of Descent Ritt Hirong were always busy preparing plans with Praetor Ya Ksha for the upcoming drop. 

 

     The 505th Assault Company was not the only company in the 707th Expeditionary Fleet. The 103rd Recon Company, 996th Armored Company, 32nd Heavy Company, and the 61st Infantry Company all from the XIXth Legion. The 505th Company were going to be the first boots on the ground for the XIXth Legion, 707th Expeditionary Fleet. I may have not been in the Strategy Meetings but watching the XIXth Legion Javelin Land Speeders, exclusive Shadowhawks, Darkwings, and Whispercutters being prepared for missions in the hangers. All three aircraft classes were Kivhar built specifically for the XIXth Legion with range of stealth enhancing technology, including rad-shrouded armour plating and quantum field repellors. The additional systems used by the craft required a higher degree of maintenance along with sacrificing some of the craft's internal hold space, reducing its troop-carrying capacity slightly. The 505th Company's Assault Squads, Veteran Assault Squads, Dark Furies, and Destroyer Assault Squads are training harder than the other squads with the exception of Sgt Rom Ran and his Seekers, I believe Chaplain Luang Pu called them. 

Edited August 21 by W.A.Rorie

[W.A.Rorie]

 

IVth Legion

Prelude

 

"You should be happy you weren't rusted, brother!" Krugen boasted, the loud hailers blaring through the landing bay.

"I thought losing Khymera to the XIX and especially the VII would have you executed!" He mused, cycling the action of his plasma arm.

"But 'HE' made you a Warsmith? Is this an obtuse joke only he understands?"

The Warsmith watched Krugen pace the landing bay, his large dreadnought frame unable to enter the troop bay.

"But I am chosen to be interred in this machine? I led that campaign. I crushed the thinking machines of the dark age and freed that planet! You lost the planet to them after you took command! Come out and face me! You will answer for him you coward!"

 

+++APPROACHING LANDING ZONE+++

 

'Good, leave him to his own devices here.' The Warsmith mused, eyes still locked to the pacing mechanical beast 'If Krugen survives, they shall retrieve him-maybe the slaughter will calm his humors.'

 

The bay doors open and the contemptor rushes outside to the sound of lasgun fire and screams.

 

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The Warsmith watches the pict capture, the beams of light piercing Krugen's frame, his reactor failing, and disappearing in a ball of light.

 

Looking back up to the landing bay, Krugen paces, shouting for the Warsmith's presence. His dreadnought frame is unchanged. only a trickle of blood seeping from eyes and mouth vent of the machine's face plate.

He checks the timestamps of the pict capture. '3 cycles ago...'

He brings up another capture, one from earlier that solar year, Krugen is impaled on the spear of a Custode Achillus, his reactor failing again. The ball of fire melting the filagree down the Achillus's armor.

 

Yet the next cycle he is in the ship's land bay, ready for deployment...

"I will need to view this personally".

 

-Vicbron Xand. Remembancer for Warsmith Hector Carnifex "Butcher of Khymera"

[W.A.Rorie]

A Story of Death or Victory- Angels of the XIXth Legion, Raven Guard

Chapter 3

 

   I would be told the events that happened after the mission during the debrief with 707th Expeditionary Fleet Commander, Praetor Ya Ksha aboard the Shadow Bird Surat Thani, as we returned to the Fleet from the Planet's atmosphere.  Did I mention that Praetor Ya Ksha, selected me to accompany their mission. Praetor Ya Ksha knew my name. I Remembrancer Landon Mar-Garet, was called out by name to accompany Praetor Ya Ksha, Assault Squad Chai and Seeker Squad Ran on the first mission.  That is also when I learned about who else was in our fleet.  I have been with the fleet for years and I only Interacted with other Remembrancers, the Crew of the Various ships in the fleet and the Warriors of the XIXth Legion.  I was completely unaware that a Small Contingent of Solar Auxilia of the Therion "Velites" Cohorts were attached. Then there was her.

 

   Her was Alyssah Respus, Knight-Centura, Chamber of Oblivion, Anathema Psykana, Sisters of Silence. Remember I have spent years around Adeptus Astartes and I have a healthy fear of them. Knight- Centura Alyssah Respus I was terrified of her. Her armor in gun metal in color, she a had a Purple cloak with a inner cream colored cloak, her skin was a healthy hue of pink, with her bright red hair worn as top knot. Her weapon was almost as tall as she was. She was not large and muscular like the Adeptus Astartes but appeared to be frail but fit, Once you were within a few feet of her you just felt this dread.  Or worse yet when she stared at you and you could feel you soul being ripped apart. I want to learn battle sign so I can speak to her or anyone apart of her order, but according to Chaplain Luang Pu, there is a Novitiate that is with the Sisters of Silence that can translate for me.  Knight-Centura Alyssah Respus was on Surat Thanii, with me. Her novitiate was not. 

 

  Back to the mission....

 

    Running almost completely silently on gravitic Impellers for propulsion, the Kiavahr designed and built Whispercutters are exclusive to the XIXth Legion, allow Assault Squads and Dark Fury Squads to drop from above the targets or drop off elite infiltrating units with its open-topped air-frame. Currently 2 Whispercutters 10 had men from Assault Squad led by Sgt Charn Chai and Praetor Ya Ksha aboard. Once confirmation that their target was in the area, they would drop. As the seconds ticked by, the 11 Jump packed equipped Raven Guard Assault force waited. Once the 5 XIXth Legion Seekers led by Sgt Rom Ran on the ground gave the signal, the Murders in Black would go to work.

 

 

Edited September 3 by W.A.Rorie

[W.A.Rorie]

 

IVth Legion

Part 1

 

"Aye Sire, that looked like it hurt! Your piano playing days are over!" Vigilator Shen exclaimed.

"Let me help you up, my liege! "I hope there wasn't a beauty contest soon your grace! I heard the IVX have good dentists.

"In all seriousness my commander: the apothecarion will be here soon, and I have what we came for."

 

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"Is the device working with Krugen's armor?"

"Yes m'lord, it actually stayed attached with 36 temporal displacements."

"That is all mortificator."

 

The heavily cyberized marine bows and limps out of the command chamber. Another figure enters the chamber standing with stiff posture, holding a whip that seems to move on its on accord.

 

"Young Warsmith! It is good to see you well! I have procured the stockpiles of weapons from Khymera and local volunteers. They are not well trained but you will not be outnumbered again!"

"My thanks Overseer, you are dismissed."

"My Lord." the Overseer gives an ancient Terran salute, and marches out of the command chamber.

 

Now alone, he removes his helm and touches the metal plate that covers right side of his face, and his cybernetic eye with his remaining flesh hand. Light foots steps approach the entryway. A non-augmented serf approaches meekly, holding a dataslate.

 

"M'lord, Urgent astropath message from the Iron Lord's command ship."

"Let us take a look at what they have sent me, you are dismissed little one."

"Yes, your grace!" he scrambles away, falling over himself while leaving the chamber.

 

Hector opens the data slate: 'The Iron lord watches your progress, do not disappoint him like your predecessor did.'

Hector lets out a long sigh and places the slate down and opens a tool kit to tune his arm.

'That fiddle will be played again, Terra damnit"

[W.A.Rorie]

  

A Story of Death or Victory- Angels of the XIXth Legion, Raven Guard

Chapter 4

 

 “Movement, sir,” whispered Seeker Sgt Rom Ran over the secure vox.

 

    Assault Sgt Charn Chai glanced over at Praetor Ya Ksha. Praetor Ya Ksha gave the Sgt a nod and they all jumped off the Whisper Cutters landing behind some ruins.  

 

   “10 Traitor Tactical Astartes, Rhino, and 5 Astartes designate unkown, unknow designate,” Seeker Sgt Rom Ran signaled his Praetor using Battle sign.

 

   “Be cautious,” Praetor Ya Ksha signaled back.

 

    The 5 unknowns Astartes moved forward on leathery wings. They landed in front of the Seekers and began looking and sniffing around. The Rhino moved forward and the lights illuminating the Word Bearer Daemonic Word Bear Veteran Assault Marines and then the Seekers.

 

   “Engage,” Praetor Ya Ksha yelled!

 

    Seeker Sgt Rom Ran and his team opened with Kraken rounds into the daemonic Veteran Assault Marines. Two of the Warp Corrupted Veterans fell. Assault Sgt Charn Chai and his squad jumped into the remaining Veterans and smashed another two to the ground. Their Sgt Backed away. Then four Assault Marines collapsed armor on fire. The Word Bearer Preator walked out of the Rhino and engaged the Assault Marines in hand to hand dropping another 3 assault marines. The remain Assault marines could not withstand the Word Bearer Praetor and begin to pull their wounded squad mates out of combat. The Seekers gunned down the last daemonic Veteran.

 

   Praetor Ya Ksha jumped pas the Rhino tossing a melt bomb on it severely crippling it, but the Rhino surged forward smoke billowing out it. The Seekers were charged by the Wod Bearer Preator and 4 of them were thrown around the Ruins. Praetor Ya Ksha engaged the Tactical squad before they could get off a shot. They learned when why his units are called the Murders in Black. Not one Word Bearer Tactical member survived.  

 

  Seeker Sgt Rom Ran was set ablaze by the rhino as the Word Bearer Praetor was screaming “Fight me,” at Praetor Ya Ksha.

 

   Praetor Ya Ksha engaged the Praetor and could see the Warp possessing him. But it was to no avail. Praetor Ya Ksha was faster, and he buried his Paired Raven’s Talons into the Word Bearers chest to his knuckles and then bisected him.  With a hiss the Praetor’s body disappeared.

 

  “Whisper Cutters retrieve us. Stormbird Surat Thani, prep for casualties and armor repair. No KIAs. I need to speak to Knight Centura Alyssah Respus, ASAP,” Praetor Ya Ksha said into his vox.

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Adeptus Custodes

Part 1

 

 

Zhao stared at the dreadnought that now housed his friend Guan, fury boiling at what he had allowed to happen. He had come to this planet with his protégé to meet Orion, a Praetor of the Imperial Fists, and deliver a friendly ribbing over the man’s insatiable hunger for more Solarite power gauntlets.

 

After the exchange, Zhao and Guan began making their way back to the landing pad when the first missiles struck. Moments later, several squads of Space Marines advanced on their position. Zhao leaned toward Guan and whispered, “Follow my lead.”

 

With supernatural speed, Zhao sprinted toward the enemy, his paragon spear spitting fire as he closed the distance. He got close enough to glimpse the madness burning in the eyes of the enemy leader before he deliberately collapsed, feigning death. Guan followed his example, loosing a blood-curdling scream before falling across Zhao’s body.

 

As the assault marines closed in, Zhao suddenly roared, “Gotcha!” and teleported both himself and Guan to the safety of his ship.

 

Only then did he realize the truth—Guan had been grievously wounded.

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Imperial Fists

Part 1

 

 

The thump of boots on the metal plates eched through the dead scrap piles of the field, kept in time by the very training he had when search turned to recovery. Orion's warders had lost radio contact before they were too far from extraction, marking choice pieces of salvage to repair the ships in orbit. Yet their check in passed without a word, leading other legion troops to dig through the various husks of ships and building ruins looking for the praetor. The scan held heat signatures still left, and as he rounded the corner of a ruin left barely standing in defiance to gravity the Imperial Fist sergeant found their commander. Kneeling in a pool of red, smoke still lingered in the low ceiling as Orion turned his head to note who entered. Marines in the red and gold regalia of Thousand Sons with power fist sized holes spread around the ripped open room, yet the praetor wasn't without his own holes in his armor. Another warder laid in the corner next to him barely recognizable with the number of bolter wounds he sustained in the short fight that cut off the radio.

 

"Is that you, sir? I worried you dead when you spat the words of traitors." The trooper rushed forward to check on the praetor, yet even through his helmet it was obvious he couldn't tear his eyes away from the mutilated corpse and the solarite power gauntlet attached to it. They were rare, yet every sergeant had been gifted one while under the command of this praetor from Terra. "Marines of Terra are just built tougher, sergeant." Was the near jovial tone from Orion, unmoving from next to the warder. The golden solarite power gauntlet of his stained bloody in the battle and the many hearts he torn from the chests of psyker marines. "How many warders still live?" "Ah... Four, sir." His head fell, even the living would be incapable of fighting for some time. Yet somehow they weren't as bad off as the one who led the shield wall. He started to kneel and grasp at the body of the dead sergeant, suddenly feeling the weight of the same gauntlet on his shoulder. "Then leave him to me, sergeant. He did his duty." His jovial tone flattened, nearly as threatening to his own as he roared into the face of his enemy. The powerful man fiddled with the dead until the gauntlet came free, offering its unblemished gold form to the trooper sweating in front of the praetor. "You saw this and wanted it, didn't you?" "Y... Yes, sir." The exasperated huff of a man caught in his curiosity and envy came from his voice microphone. "I give this to those who wish to shake hands with the custodians of The Emperor himself. In exchange they are tasked to bring as many of their squad back alive, even at the cost of their body." He growled out his words, as if he was poking at the legionary in front of him for weakness. A momentary flinch had him return the rare weapon back to his chest and pick up the rest of the warder. "You are not worthy of its weight. Call Sagittarius to my ship. I will need his expertise with these new Arakne turrets I have heard about."

 

If psykers could get past a wall of shields, then it was time to reinforce with a wall of bullets.

[W.A.Rorie]

A Story of Death or Victory- Angels of the XIXth Legion, Raven Guard

Chapter 5

 

    The 2 XIXth Legion Whispercutters approached the rear of the Stormbird Surat Thani, a Warhawk VI Pattern Stormbird, for a combat high speed extraction. The Warhawk VI Pattern Stormbird is larger than the more common Sokar Pattern and has been serving Praetor Ya Ksha and his clan for multiple decades as part of the Yndonesic Bloc during the Unification Wars on ancient Terra. Surat Thani was performing aerial command and control duties, retrieval, and Med Evac for for the XIXth Legion forces on the ground led by Praetor Ya Ksha and take them back to the fleet in orbit.  The rear landing bay was open and the Whispercutters flew in at speed and landed on the deck in the cargo hold. The injured were being triaged as the rear decks closed. Praetor Ya Ksha looked like a nightmare come true. His Black and white Armor was covered in blood, guts, and ichor, none of it was his own. He waved off an apothecary as XIXth Legion Chaplain Luang Pu and I, Remembrancer Landon Mar-Garet approached him. 

 

"My Lord, Knight-Centra Alyssah Respus, is awaiting you in the ready room, as you have requested," Chaplain Luang Pu. 

 

"Sgt Rom Ran, Sgt. Charn Chai, check on your wounded and meet us in the Ready room," yelled Praetor Ya Ksha.

 

    We entered the room, and I was immediately hit with the nauseousness, I felt in Knight-Centura Alyssah Respus's presence.  If she had the same effect on the Adeptus Astartes with me, they made no gestures that it did. Her armor, was a polished dark metallic in color which stood out against the flat black of the XIXth Legion Armor. Her paragon blade was sheathed across her back, restricting her purple cloak from moving. It was almost as tall as she was. Her red hair and pale skin was always focal point.  She began "speaking" with her hands in battle sign. 

 

"Greetings, Praetor Ya Ksha. I am glad to see the battle did not fell you. I understand that you wish to speak to me about something you saw or witnessed?" translated XIXth Legion Master of Signals Pa El said as Knight-Centura Alyssah Respus signed.

 

"Well met, Knight-Centura. We encountered Traitors from the XVIIth Legion. Sgts and their squads encountered something that is under your prevue, so I will defer that to them. I fought and slayed the enemy warlord and watched as his body disappeared. And then called for retrieval," said Praetor Ya Khsa. 

 

"Remembrancer, please leave us. You will be briefed later," said Praetor Ya Ksha to me. 

 

"Yes my lord," I responded as I left the ready room. I could feel the Surat Thani begin to climb and the force of the acceleration as engines reaching full power. 

 

   It was hours later, when I was summoned to meet Praetor Ya Ksha in the arming chambers on the Shadowed Guardian, an Adeptus Astartes Battle Barge of the XIXth Legion, flagship of the 707th Expeditionary fleet. A Battle Barge is the largest ship in an Adeptus Astartes fleet, and can hold Multiple companies of Adeptus Astartes plus their Support. I have been on Shadow Guardian many times over the past few years now and have not been allowed to fully explore it.  I am assigned to the Blade of Midnight Light Frigate along with the other Remembrancers and that is where my room is. I have a shared sleeping quarters on Shadowed Guardian with the other Remembrancers, I believe there is 6 or 7 of us sharing the space. 

 

 "Remembrancer Landon Mar-Garet of Albia, Terran Born. Novelist" Chaplain Luang Pu said almost introducing me to someone but I did not see anyone I was not aware of. 

 

   Chaplain Luang Pu was in his black training Tunic with the white Raven Guard Logo and XIXth beneath it.  Standing next to him in a semi Circle around him was Seeker Sgt. Rom Ran, Assault Squads Sgt Charn Chai and Veteran Sgt Naksu Mastexr, Centurion Yut Hakon, Master of Signals Pa El, and Brother Ruexbrr Thuk-Naman, an Armored Support tank commander. Praetor Ya Ksha stood in the center of the semi circle. They were all dressed the same.  And then she walked into the room, Knight-Centura Alyssah Respus, fully armored. I felt nauseous again. She looked at me, as if she was staring through me to my soul. I am not a psychic or I do not think I am.  

"Remembrancer, do you know why I specifically chose you to be here," asked Praetor Ya Ksha. 

 

"No, my Lord." I responded as I grimaced in pain. 

 

"You serve 3 purposes to 707th Expeditionary Fleet. First and Foremost, the Emperor wants documentation of the events and as a novelist that is your primary purpose," Chaplain Luang Pu stated as he walked around the training mat.

 

"Second, you have an wealth of knowledge, are a sage, someone that is capable of storing, processing, and accessing vast tracks of information and that could help us in the coming days. What can you tell me about Andratus System," He asked

 

"The Andrastus System, long known as the crucible of law and punishment within the Galcoran Reach, sits wreathed in the glinting, mineral-rich asteroid field known as the "Andrastine Halo". Its two primary worlds embody the system’s dual nature: "Andrastus Prime", a densely fortified hiveworld and seat of the Imperial Provosts, and "Pyrefall", a volcanic furnace world dotted with open-pit mines and the forge-prisons they feed. The Halo itself is a constant harvest of stellar rubble, dragged down through orbital elevators to be refined by the labor of the condemned, " I replied. 

 

"The Primarch would burn this system," responded Centurion Yut Hakon. 

 

 Praetor Ya Ksha raised his hand to silence him. 

 

"You were promised to be told what happened in Dravik Maw's System and that is why you are here, to be briefed. And They need to prepare for the next battle. Time is limited. Master of Signals Pa El and I will stay on Stormbird Surat Thani again performing command and control. Knight-Centura Alyssah Respus will be on board with a few of her Sisters form the Chamber of Oblivion as back up," said Chaplain Luang Pu as a Servitor came in carrying a stack of books and Dataslates. 

 

"You will be given a private room to aboard Shadow Guardian, so you can create your documentation and review these books and dataslates," Chaplain Luang Pu said as he gestured to to the servitor.