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    Xantha Ward

    Xantha nodded to the officer.

    "Fair enough. Happy hunting, I'm off..."

    She started heading back towards the other side's controls, pausing when she heard the comms chatter.

    +It's all right, dear. We're not going to die. No one else was there, you had your shot and you took it. I'll be there as soon as I can. There are some soldiers coming, let them in when they get there, they're trying to keep it safe.+

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    She will try to keep firing her lasgun at the foes. She didn't know what else to do in this situation.

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    Food Storage Bay
    Kais's well-placed shots help convince the remaining pirates to make haste for safety. The pirate assault boats barely wait for them to clamber aboard before detaching from the hull and fleeing into the void. Now it is the loyalist's turn to scramble for safety as klaxons wail and a violent wind erupts as the air in the room begins to be sucked out into the endless void. Most of them, experienced voidsmen to the last, grab on to the guy-lines holding the cargo in place, and begin to pull themselves hand over hand towards the distant exit, praying that the automated system will give them time to make it... the Ogryn, Jag-reg, is not so lucky, and is thrown bodily to the ground with a heavy thud.

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    Rendara fires her pistol at some of the mutineers, missing. Her bodyguards also cautiously shoot at mutineers, trying not to hit the zealots in the swirling melee. It is a scene of fire and blood and chaos... another firebomb goes off, and then the sprinkler system kicks in, dousing the dead and living in foul-smelling water. There was never any doubt as to how it would end, but the arrival of a veteran squad of armsmen under Xantha's command seals the fate of the mutineers by showing up from the rear and cutting them down from behind. As the zealots go about the fallen making sure that the wounded mutineers are sent to face the emperor's justice, the command squad takes a moment to consider how to proceed. Over the comms, Subcommander Houlder reports in. "We're pushing them back on all fronts. With control over the internal bulkheads, we can cut them off and liquidate each pocket at leisure. We're getting reports that those who still have a path to their boats are retreating, the pirate boats and escape pods are taking off as soon as they can. Of course, if we can destroy the other ship, the only thing they're escaping to is slow death and madness in the endless void..." he chuckles evilly.

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    Relatively inexperienced in void combat as he was Kais did not predict the danger that was posed to them now as the atmosphere was being sucked out through the holes left behind by the boarding craft. However his reflexes were as lightning-quick as ever as he managed to mirror the crew members of his fireteam in grabbing a hold of some secured cargo to prevent himself from getting slammed around or worse, sucked into the void itself. Thinking as quickly as he could manage to in these dire straights, Kais got a bold and tricky plan but one that he rushed to try and implement all the same. First he estimated the size of the holes in question then he looked for any cargo or secured machinery that might be large enough to temporarily block said holes. If he could cut a crate or two free he might slow down the pressure loss long enough for them all to rush to the exit and proper safety, assuming that the cargo wouldn't just bash through the holes and enlarge them. To help his chances he'd shout his plan over the micro-bead as well. "Look for pieces large enough to block the holes and cut them loose. If we slow the pressure loss then we may run to the exit!"
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    Xantha Ward

    Xantha's arrival was heralded by several volleys of molten air as her armsmen swarmed the mutineers in the artificial, stinking rain.

    "Father. Choir-Mistress. I never thought I'd be this happy to see the command staff..."

    She paused to listen to the subcommander's report.

    "We've got it handled down here, I think. What were you lot doing down here, anyway?"

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    Father Answin

    Amidst his Zealots, Father Answin drove his running chainsword into the man before him; little drops of blood sprayed over his robes, his beard, up to his mitre. Wiping the most obvious ones away, the priest stepped toward Xantha and Rendara.
    "We are hunting a witch." he replied to Xantha's question.

    "If they get away, they may call upon other followers of the ruinous powers for rescue. They have the ability, haven't they?" He glanced over to Rendara. "The witch has to burn."
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    Crone

    As he maneuvres the battle bard around Crone see's the lone raider trying to break free away from the gravity well and the guns of their ship. "Set course to pin that bastard between our guns and the planet. I want him trapped between the fires of our fury and the atmosphere. Then he can choose where to make his grave."

    Looking at the charts he works with the two of the navigation crew to plot the course to pin the raider down whilst keeping them in their powerful firing arcs. "Lt, lock sensors ad scanners on their drives, I want 'em crippled and broken then they can fall to their deaths."

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    Food Storage Bays
    There are a few terrifying minutes as the void calls to the struggling crewmates. A few of them, more courageous than most, climb back down closer to the rents in the hull and manuever debris in place to slow the loss of air. As the howl fades, the crew scrambles towards the exit, past Kais. A few of them nod gratefully as they pass him, happy that he didn't abandon them to their fate. The door closes down after Kais and the loss of air from the ship slows to a halt. Most of the food is sealed and shouldn't be too badly damaged by the vacuum or the cold; at least until repair crews can begin patching up the hull from the cuts cut through them by the pirate boarders.

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    As the command staff tries to decide what to do next, the apprentice astropath opens her eyes and points downward towards the fore of the ship. "I felt it! The witch! It's using its power!"

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    Although the other ship is faster than the star galleon, it clearly has not given up hope that it might rescue some of its comrades. It approaches the other ship with the Media Res on its tail. Crone expertly manuevers the ship's sensors to begin feeding telemetry data to the gunnery consoles. Unfortunately, when the guns fire a few minutes later, the macrocannons fall short of the pirate vessel. There is a string of curses over the comms, and the junior officer says, "Damn these controls! They're just not as good as the ones in the bridge..." Subcommander Houlder quickly snaps back, "Keep the chatter off of comms, Lieutenant!"

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    Kais returned the friendly nods and breathed deeply, thankful that the haphazard plan worked and that their mission here had been relatively successful. "I should have thought about the pressure loss, I'm glad we all made it out. There should be four bays in this area yes? We best ensure the others are pirate free before moving on. I am sure that there remains much work to do in order to secure this mighty vessel." Secure these storage bays, then move on. The spinal railway and the main promenade were the other two possible areas that needed securing but that would depend on how well he and the crew here made out while locking down the main food supply. Knowing the fact that the pirates were here suggested that they had planned this all out quite well, he suspected that the railway might be the more important target to secure considering how much of the ship could be accessed through it.
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    Astropath Rendara:
    "If the witch was sending a message, my suppression would've caught it, what are they up to? We need to get going, father Answin and stop whatever they are doing."
    She says as she orders her followers to move out further towards the ship while trying to sense what exactly they are trying to do as she travels closer.

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    Rendara is able to pinpoint the location of the psychic disturbance more accurately than her apprentice; the residue taints the walls of the ship like the scent of blood. There is a fortified checkpoint that had been manned by loyalists; a stubber covering a vital intersection from a secure bunker. From the bodies around it, it had been assaulted several times to no avail; but from the bodies in it, it looks like one of the loyalist crewmen turned his weapon on his comrades before being slain, and the chokepoint was taken, allowing a large body of mutineers to pass. The psychic residue leaves a trail, and Rendara leads Father Answin and Xantha towards one of the cargo bays. They carefully peer out into the massive hold; stacked high with construction equipment, chemicals, pallets of rockcrete pallets. Everything a growing colony needs. Inside, the place is swarming with pirates and mutineers, with at least a half dozen assault boats. They appear to be evacuating survivors of the failed assault. From their vantage point, the loyalists can see a large party of mutineers making their way to the assault boats. One of them is the renegade psyker...

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    Kais leads his motley band to the next food storage bay. He finds it empty. A third storage bay is already de-pressurized, the pirates must have breached the hull and fled. Over comms, he gets a report that pirates are trying to flee the ship from the starboard main cargo bay, and that from where he is, it's about a hundred meters. He'll be able to enter from the lowest level on the aft side of the cargo bay.

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    Crone watches the holo-display as the enemy ship continues to try and flee. It approaches the wreck of its sister ship, and appears to be trying to collect lifeboats. Crone maneuvers the galleon into a decent firing position and the port-side guns bark out. This time though, the firing solution is perfect, and the galleon's macrocannons tear into the pirate ship. Great rents appear in the hull and explosions ripple all over ship. Bodies and pressurized gas spill into the void. The ship abandons its task and starts trying to limp away into the void.

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    Crone

    Crone grins savagely a shouted "fire as she bears" as he enjoys the auspex screens showing the carnage as the raider is wracked with fire. Effortlessly he holds the galleon in a holding pattern pinning the raider into place between the guns and the gravity well

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    Father Answin

    The Priest turns towards Rendara and Xantha.
    "I shall lead the Zealots down to shatter them and bring down the witch. Whether you want to support us from here with your men or want to join us, I wish you the Emperor's blessing in doing so."
    With these words, he lead his Zealots to the elevator.
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    On the bridge

    Once again, the great guns shake the ship as they fire. The starboard guns take their shot... not quite as accurate as the last volley, but enough to send the enemy ship twisting in the void. Crone hails the enemy ship, and a few moments later, the image of a man flickers on the holo-display. He scowls at Crone, blood streaming down his face. "So, you Imperial dogs offer us our lives for in exchange for our freedom? Pthah, if we die today we die as free men, not Imperial slaves. The Sons of Koronus will have our revenge!" The man appears to punch at some unseen controls. He does it again. Nothing happens. He sighs, and the comms cut off. A moment later, thrusters fire on the ship, sending it into a steep dive towards the depths of the gas giant below.

    As Father Answin climbs into the cramped lift with a score of zealots and they head down to the floor of the cargo hold. Pirates and mutineers shout and draw weapons. "Protect the oracle!" someone yells, and an older woman is quickly hustled towards the waiting assault boats. And then a sudden change comes over the enemy. Some of them groan or slump down, but more pull out their weapons and shout out "Kill them all!" and charge towards where Answin is leaving the elevator.

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    Picture a massive hold filled with shipping containers; there are a few small corridors between them and Father Answin and half his zealots are in an open space at the bottom of the lift. The rest of the zealots will be able to arrive in perhaps 2 minutes. Xantha and Rendara are 30m above them and can fire down at the enemy at a range of about 50m. Kais, should he chose, can emerge from a flank with his crew, and try and attack the assault boats directly, or make their way to where Answin is taking a stand. He's about 100m away.
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    "Behold! The vile horde of wretched slaves of the Ruinous Powers is upon us!" the Priest shouted as they were lowered the last few feet;
    "This is the time you have to prove if you are true Instruments of the God-Emperor's Divine Will! Let them Shatter on our Resolve!" he pointed towards the "Oracle" with his outstretched arm, holding the purity-seal-adorned chainsword.
    "This is the time of Your Ascension,
    my brothers and sisters! Are you true Warriors of the Faith? Lo! Do you feel it? His eyes are upon you!"


    "Prove yourselves! Prove yourselves! Steadfast! Greet them with - Fire!" he screamed, with his sombre, dark voice, that echoed through the halls, and as he spoke the word "Fire", the Zealots greeted the advancing pirates with a volley of shots from their various guns.

    Father Answin himself brought forth his flamer, and waited until the pirates were close enough so that he could get a great many of them into his cone of fire, before firing a great stream of divine flaming retribution upon the wretched slaves of the Ruinous Powers.

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    Getting the news of the nearby pirates, and knowing that there is nothing more they can do for the food storages, Kais spurs the squad with him into action. He may be a xenos but he was also a xenos who just saved their lives, hopefully that would help ensure they continued to work with him rather than challenge his suggestions. "Come, we must hurry to the main cargo hold before they can escape." One hundred meters wasn't far by any means and he was eager to do everything in his power to ensure that the pirates received justice for their crimes. Not to mention that every dead pirate was one less threat to be concerned with upon the vessel.
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    Rendara:
    She analyzes the situation. She ends the astropathic suppression. Time to focus on getting rid of that psyker. She orders her men to open fire and back up Father Answin and she focuses on the psyker, trying to get as close as she can to the Oracle from above reaching out with her hand to try and telekinetically crush the Oracle if she can get within range.

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    It was not the final fight on the ship; over the next few days loyalist crew will slowly reduce the isolated strongholds held by the mutineers. It will be grim work, the mutineers and surviving pirates know that no quarter would be given, and the loyalist crew is in no mood to offer it. But the battle of cargo-bay hold was the last real resistance they could offer. However, Father Answin's flamer in the narrow corridors between the cargo containers combined with Kais's surprise flank attack meant that the battle could only end one way. While Rendara's apprentice distracted the enemy psyker, Rendara was able to locate her and kill her with her own powers... the crude mastery shown by the witch was no match for Rendara's emperor-blessed powers. And as far as the pirate ships were concerned, one had crashed into the depths of the gas giant and been destroyed, while the wreck of the second ship was in a slowly decaying orbit. It too will eventually join its comrade.

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    The ship's law-scrivner, William Padding, meets the command crew in a richly appointed conference room overlooking the grand promenade. He shuffles a few papers in front of him, and says, "I have here a copy of Master von Drakkan's last will and testament, and the addendums to the dynasty's rules of succession... as you know, Lord von Drakkan's children pre-deceased him, and the lawful heir is Gaius von Drakkan, a young lad of two years. His grandson by way of his third son. Von Drakkan did not want the regency to pass to his cousins, and so he has ordered the regency council to be made of, and I quote, 'My loyal seneschal, my voidmaster, my astropath, my navigator and my high priest; to give them counsel in war I want the best marksman in my service to give them advice and the strongest man on the ship at their side.' You are hearby charged with running the dynasty in the best interest of the heir and to turn it over to him when he reaches the age of 21. In that vein, you are authorized to make binding deals on behalf of the dynasty, to sell and dispose of property as you see fit, to acquire assets to support the dynasty's operations, to pay taxes insofar as they cannot be evaded, and wage war and make peace in the dynasty's name. As far as compensation goes, you are to continue to receive your current salary, however you will receive a percentage of any increase in the dynasty's assets that happen during the regency. You may also take any two items from von Drakkan's treasure vaults here on the ship; as he wants only the finest and best-equipped servants to handle his affairs." The old lawyer puts down the the paper and looks you all in the eye (or blindfold) and says, "It is an extremely broad grant of authority, giving you limitless discretion in how to handle the dynasty's affairs. I am at your disposal, as is everyone else on the ship."

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    Commander Crone

    Crone looks around the bridge a grin on his face as the news of the mutiny being crushed. "Emperor bless you Father" he replies to Father Answin as he hears the good news.

    Watching the raider plunge into the embrace of the gas giant he grins widely then looks at the second raider in its decaying orbit.
    "Sub commander. Run a full auspex scan of the other raider. I want a report to the senior crew, especially Xantha. Let's see if we'll be getting a salvage crew ready."

    To the rest of the bridge he nods, "Stand down from battle stations, secure the guns and maintain orbital station above the wreck."
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    Rendara:
    After cleaning up the remaining pirates and mutineers she comes to hear the reading. She would blink in bewilderment at the lawyer reading this will out, but she doesn't have eyes. So she settles for scratching her chin and saying.
    "So your saying is that we're collectively one-seventh to one-fifth of a regent Rogue trader for 19 years. This is possibly the highest position in the Imperium any of us will ever achieve."
    She pauses to process that for a few moments, turn it over in her mind a few times.
    ".....This could be a great opportunity for us. If we play our cards right we could be set for life by the time our regency is over."
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    Underdeck Organizer Seneschal Xantha Ward

    Xantha arrived at the bridge to receive any of the wide variety of work orders to be doled out to the low decks, but the view of some of her handiwork as the main screen surveyed the damaged had her entranced until the Commander addressed her.

    "I'll be making my report to the Senior Crew right away, Commander. Let me just puzzle out who that is - initial damage reports noted major secondary hits to the labor and accounting wings. The Officer's section, at least, I think the junior sub-accountant's data-crypts are so deep in the bowels we'd be rent apart before they even noticed..."

    Right - that was another task, one that was relatively easy. Turning to one of the bridge consoles, she inserted her service key and stared at the monochrome screen, hands over the command runes.

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    Target/Department? Xantha.Ward/Labor

    >NO SUPERIORS FOUND. CONSULT /INTEL and /ECON FOR ALTERNATE POSTING UNTIL COMMAND STRUCTURE RE-ESTABLISHED

    Target/Department? Xantha.Ward/Intel OR Econ

    >NO SUPERIORS FOUND. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR BATTLEFIELD PROMOTION, SENESCHAL WARD, AND MAY THE GOD-EMPEROR HOLD AND KEEP THOSE WHO PRECEDED YOU. REPORT TO QUARTERMASTER <PERS_NOT_FOUND> FOR YOUR NEW UNIFORM AND PAY UPGRADE.



    While the low-quality screen was obscured, it became obvious to all that her hands were shaking at the console as she considered the readout.

    "Uh... a bit more damage to the personnel than we may have thought. No Master of Whispers, no High Factotum. And as a point of fact, strictly speaking you also no longer have an Underdeck Organizer. Until this is cleared up, I'm apparently to receive that report, not give it."

    A moment passed before the shock wore off. Surely a lowlife like her would be struck from the regency in any sane universe, there was no time to consider grand dreams when there was barely an intact labor force.

    "I'll get some of my lads on it. Calling Foreman Bordeaux, Forewoman Greely, and... Foreman Al-Basra. Got some good news and some bad. In that order - you're promoted, and you've got a ship and a half's worth of work to do. So look lively. I need ready reports to be sent to the following workstation..."
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    As pirates and mutineers dissolved in Fire and Fury, shrieking in great agony and abject fear, Father Answin and his Zealots rejoiced and praised the Golden Throne.
    The last enemy resistance was broken when Kais flanked the Mutineers, and of course, it only strengthened Father Answin's cause to see a Xenos acting out the God-Emperor's will.

    All that was left in the end, was a gruesome, bloody melee, that was more of a slaughter of those who had turned away from Holy Terra.
    Finally, the Priest found the hag already crushed by Rendara's blessed might.

    Gathering the Faithful after the fighting was over, he burned the witches' corpse to a litany of hatred and worship.
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    Later, in the Conference Room

    The bearded Priest nodded gravely. "It is a sacred duty, bestowed upon House von Drakkan by the Emperor himself." He fixated every other member of this ruling council with his slightly unhinged stare.
    All of them had distinguished themselves during the ship's most dire hour. Some of them he had witnessed personally, some of them he had heard of.
    Thus, while this was probably not the group of people the late Captain had envisioned when he had written his will, Father Answin felt, this had to be the Emperor's Will.

    Upon her remark, he turned to Rendara, slightly surprised by her first gut reaction. ""I do not disapprove. In His Divine Wisdom, the Emperor has found a way that greed may serve His Cause."
    He nodded slightly, more to himself, and his eyes rested on the group as a whole.
    "May this Council be blessed by the God-Emperor's Grace, and prove worthy of the trials that await us."
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    Rendara:
    She decides to correct herself.
    "Apologies, Father Answin. It is a bit hard not to think of such matters given the rare position thrusted upon us. I never expected to have access to such power. I do admit I had a bit of a greedy past that landed me in trouble that led to being on this ship in the first place so...I should make sure I don't make that mistake in the future. Serving the Emperor and the Imperium is what is really important, yes, lest unspeakable things come and torment us all."
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    "Though lets be honest, Rogue Traders have to be some measure of greedy to be in the position they are, don't they? They don't manage large interstellar dynasties by being charitable."
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    Father Answin

    The Priest raised his bushy eyebrows, although in a rare good-natured way.

    "As I said, in His Divine Wisdom, the God-Emperor found a way that greed may serve His Cause. Indeed, the more profit we make, the better we can expand the Influence of House von Drakkan, and thus, serve the Emperor's Will. For out here, House von Drakkan's influence is the Imperium's influence."
    He paused, and his gaze slowly turned towards nothingness.
    "Still, we must not submit to the Sinful Temptations that accompany greed, as you may have in the past. It is a trial we all have to face."
    Abruptly, Father Answin refocused.

    "Captain von Drakkan was a very greedy man, and an unyielding servant of the God-Emperor. I will hold a service in his Honour as soon as the preparations are complete - and for all those loyalists we lost in the fighting."
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    Kais reported to the bridge as directed, just like all the other members of this delegation. The last few days had been hard work in cleaning up the remaining pirates but he would not complain about doing what needed to be done. His relatively flat face showed surprise at being included in such important delegations, though he nodded as he considered the implications. "I know that many of the crew are not comfortable in working with me, or any other species for that matter, but if I am to be included within such decisions then I can promise I will give as good of consul as possible to ensure the ship and crew remain safe and prosperous. Greed is unbecoming of me, though I freely admit that I do not hold faith in your emperor either. Perhaps I might be able to perform as a ... gateway for better relations with my people, though I am hardly a diplomat." The opportunity to help further understanding between the crew and the Tau was a promising one but he knew that he needed to remain careful all the same. Kais did not seek power or control over this vessel, only information, and he did not want the others in attendance to feel threatened by his presence or motives.
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    Crone sat down, he had left the scanning of the pirate ship and the evaluation of salvage to the others and was happy to let them get onw ith it. As the will was read he breathed out a sigh and slumped in a chair, summoning and suited servitor and a bottle of amsec. Pulling the cork he slugged from the bottle and looked around. "Well damn." He muttered, "What by the Throne do we do now?" At Rendara's words he tilts the bottle. "Aye Lady Rendara, that sounds good. We've got some 2 decades to find and occupy a nice planet to call our own where we can take over and rule as loyal servants of the house for a long and glorious retirement."

    Pacing the room slightly he looks around. "So after the salvage assessment on the trapped raider and assessing our own damage what shall we do? Xantha, do you have any trade contacts that could get us started? Or are there any lost planest anyone is aware of we could claim for the glory of the house?"
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    With a benign, yet slightly unsettling smile, Father Answin regarded the Tau.
    "You may feel you have no Faith, but indeed, you and your people already walk the path to salvation, I am sure of it. You have but a diffuse view, a diffuse understanding of the Divine, and you try to grasp it through the abstract, the conceptional. In time though, your sight will clear. You are blessed, Shas'ui. In time, you will know Him."

    With his usual solemn voice, the Priest then addressed all of the council, in a reply to Commander Crone's question.
    "It would be prudent to first fulfil our current mission." The mission the late Captain von Drakkan had set out on. "We still have the supplies intended for the Houses' newest colony on the ship."
    But that was not all that was on his mind. He stared on the table in silence for a moment, before continuing.
    "I have been pondering what the mutineers and pirates spoke of during the mutiny. Whatever we set out to do now, we have to be aware that we might not have seen the last of them. Padding, let your scribes pour through the ship's archives, see if they can find any information about the "Sons of Kronus". One of the pirates' leaders had a fairly prominent body artwork of a cutlass with the words "Son of Kronus". It may be a lead."
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    Kais didn't fully comprehend what Father Answin was speaking of but he did his best to try and understand. He had no intention of converting his faith but he did welcome more knowledge wherever it came from. If nothing else the priest seemed to like and appreciate him so that was a positive note on the whole. "I would agree that the current mission should be upheld first, though I know not what would come after." He zoned out for a few moments to consider his past and the time spent upon his sept. Tash'var was frequently raided by orks and pirates alike, he had seen much combat in defending the world and although the odds were low of him knowing anything about these "Sons of Kronus" he would share anything that might help the ship and crew moving forward.

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    To Xantha, the law-scrivener sighs and says, "Yes, von Drakkan spaced the last High Factotum a few months ago for excessive embezzlement and hadn't appointed a replacement. As far as the Master of Whispers... well, they've found most of him. If he weren't dead, he should be fired for missing this debacle as well. Funny enough, the law-scrivener is right after you... but this is a young person's game, so I will support you as best I can."

    To Kais, he looks over his glasses at the xeno and says, "There is precedent for it... in 40.211 the Qiao dynasty was given over to an Eldar Farseer for seventeen days in return for some sort of favor owed by the dynasty head... and there is also the 'Helios Buddius' doctrine with regards to the warrant of trade. But your main concern now is the success and prosperity of the dynasty, not 'your people'."

    Xantha and Crone are given the reports from the ship's crew and the salvage parties. While the Media Res suffered minor damage from the enemy guns, between the mutineers and casualties sustained by the crew, the ship has lost about 17,000 crew. While the crew is upset and angry, this is mostly directed at the mutineers and pirates rather than the regency council. Normally the planet Naduesh would be the best place to replenish the crew, but since all the Nadueshi crew were involved in the mutiny, this may not be the best idea. Von Drakkan also has a colony world deep within the Heathen stars; part of the current mission was to check up on it and deliver vital supplies to expand it. Last census estimated about 150,000 colonists on the planet.

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    The salvagers also make their report. Unfortunately the enemy commander was able to destroy the ship's comm logs and rutters. They do note that the ship was heavily modified to carry far more crew and assault boats than a similar sized ship would normally carry. Between the reduced storage space and the lack of a navigator, they estimate that the ship must have come from a base only a few star systems away. As far as survivors are concered there are only a hundred or so. The Media Res's tech priests take them into custody for servitor conversion. While the salvagers have industriously stripped the vessel bare of anything useful, it is so meager as to have little overall effect on the dynasty's bottom line.

    Padding smiles at the mention of greed, and simply says, "Is it not written, for the Imperial flag to wave on a million planets, it has to be planted there by men? And why shouldn't we take our reward for doing the Emperor's work?" But when Father Answin mentions 'Sons of Kronus', Padding says he will look into it. Kais unfortunately doesn't recognize this particular human group, at least, the Tau Empire has never dealth with them.

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    After spending some time to think about it, Father Answin remembers that the Sons of Kronus were a doomsday cult that popped up during 'the Strangling' when the Koronus Expanse was cut off from the Imperium. Once the warp storms receded and the Ecclesiarchy was back in control, the cult was denounced and suppressed by the Ecclesiarchy. Apparently they were claiming that the Emperor had withdrawn his protection from the Expanse and had no power there.


    The other part of the current mission was to take Astropathic soundings to determine the extent of the warp disruption caused by the space hulk Midnight's Lair. This system is at the very edge; no further communication into the heathen stars is possible. Rendara is given a report from Diviner Palaestra; while the ship was fighting the mutineers and pirates, three other distress calls came in from nearby systems. One is from an astropath aboard the freighter Blue Dolphin, she reports that the pirate boarders have seized control of the vessel and are... the message cuts off. The second is from an astropath on the frigate Astral Krait in the service of the Chorda Dynasty. They are also under attack by pirates and mutineers, and the captain is engaging the ship's self destruct mission per dynasty orders. "For Chorda and the Emperor!" is the last message before it cuts off as well. The third message is from the Hermione, the flagship of the Pigot dynasty. The astropath reports that the crew has risen up against ship's officers and slaughtered them to a man, before surrendering to a pirate ship. She says they are headed deeper into the Heathen Stars, past the warp disruption...
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    For a moment, Xantha stared at the scrivener like he'd just thrown a grenade into her hands, but quickly collected herself as she lit another lho stick.

    "Right, well, I can't do both jobs. I think I'll leave the higher mathematics to those better suited. Easier to train or requisition another High Factotum than finding someone else with my kind of read on the rank and file."

    She turned to Crone.

    "As for my contacts, Commander, I may have some bridges left unburnt among more economically creative members of the Imperium, if you savvy."

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    As the reports came in, she read off the macro-scale results, pleasantly surprised at the amount of men and machinery that remained despite the raiders' best efforts.

    "These distress calls read like a decapitation. Heavily planned, well-synchronized attacks. Most that went much, much worse than ours. A problem, no doubting it."

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