01x03 - Trail of Blood

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Burn the heretic!

k*ll the mutant!

Purge the unclean!

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We are almost at the beacon.

And still they come.

The city is infested.

The Xenos must have overthrown

the ruling powers years ago.

- The civil w*r

- Those loyal to the throne failed.

This place belongs to the cult.

Brother Melchior, cleanse us a path!

Your will, Brother-Sergeant!

Advance!

Hostiles in the loading hold,

we cannot

The docking limb release

is non-responsive

The hostiles have almost reached

the void shield plasma conduits.

Our defences around them need reinforcing.

Irrelevant.

Hold perimeter around the enginarium

and weapon decks.

They cannot fall.

Aye, mistress.

They want to take this ship.

We shall deny them.

Open a vox channel to Techmarine Hadrael.

Ah, Ship Mistress Solken.

I am preoccupied.

I doubt it has escaped your attention

that we have enemy

on board.

I had noticed, lord.

Speak.

The enemy is attacking

through the loading bay.

We cannot break from the tower.

The docking limb must be disengaged

but the anchor release is not responding.

Compliance. I shall see to it.

Pict feed to the loading bay established,

Ship Mistress.

- Its distorted and intermittent.

- Show me.

Abominations!

Ship Mistress,

more ships have broken with the flotilla

and are closing on us at speed.

Unleash our broadsides.

Burn them from the void.

Ship k*ll,

but were unable to adjust

the firing angle to target the rest.

They are still closing.

They are manoeuvering to board us.

Ordnance, make ready to fire

on the promethium hauler.

At this range

we may be caught in the blast wash.

And if there are any innocents

in that flotilla

Who among us is truly innocent?

Target that ship.

Prow battery ranged and loaded.

Let fury be our voice.

Fire.

All hands! Make ready! Brace!

- High atmospheric expl*si*n.

- Not the Sword of Baal?

That is not a warship detonation.

That's a battle.

The Sword of Baal is engaged.

The enemy are using the tower.

This is the cult.

The Genestealer is a parasite.

It will subvert.

It will subsume.

Now that this world is theirs,

there will not be a shadow

in which they do not lurk.

Then we purge them all.

They rally for another attack.

Let them come.

Multiple detonations.

Light and heavy arms fire.

Overwhelming close as*ault.

They were ambushed

Secure the site. Kazarion, to me.

Brother Leonas

He fought and died well.

The signal that brought the Captain

to the surface,

what was the source?

Unknown, brother Kazarion.

But it was of the highest encryption,

and validity.

It cut through the signal interference

to reach us.

Just like the Captain's beacon

They bring us to

their mouth a piece at a time

The attack did not begin here

We will come back

for your gene-seed, brother.

You will live on.

Buried under such filth.

This is no end for an Archangel.

It is unworthy.

These hybrid abominations

will engage anything

when they have the numbers to do so.

They care nothing for the nobility

of such warriors.

They moved to this tunnel opening

to shelter from the weapons fire.

No. They were trying to get

out of the tunnel,

to reach the Thunderhawk.

Better to face the enemy in the open,

than to die in the shadows

with your back against the wall.

But why would the Captain

move from the gunship in the first place?

Because there was someone else here.

Tell us what you see,

Brother Kazarion.

Look for yourselves.

A lure to pull them away

from the Thunderhawk

- and to the k*lling ground.

- No.

They were protecting it.

That makes no sense.

It does if the Servitor

came to meet the captain.

Servitors seldom act alone.

The cult tried to prevent them meeting.

- Then what are they doing now?

- Watching.

Waiting.

You know their nature well.

- Genestealers!

- Purestrain form.

Maintain utmost vigilance.

This is a foe that can lay

the strongest of us low.

Orpheo's signal

The path continues.

We shall bring light unto the dark

and burn it away with righteousness.