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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zen_Pollo" data-source="post: 5277297" data-attributes="member: 11404">In the Year of the Light of the Golden Throne 078.816.M41++The Continuing Voyages of His Divine-Majesty's  Ship, the Dawn TreaderLord Captain's Log; The Countess Lucretia Von Krak, CommandingIn the Year of the Light of the Golden Throne 078.816.M41++Location:  The Shard Halo in the Magoros SystemCourse:  Drifting next to the asteroid containing the wreckage of the Righteous PathMaterium:  Oddly, the Righteous Path itself has become an asteroid attracting many other vessels.  The metallic detritus of eons of space-faring vessels and various alchemae of the void have combined to form an icy block whose heart is the very ship we have traveled across the Expanse to find.  As a result, the surface is a haphazard amalgam of  jagged broken hulls and treacherous sublimates sure to send an unwary void-farer to her doom...Comments:  Thanks to the keen piloting of our Void-Master, Quinn Vanberg, we had found a relatively secure landing site proximate to the remains of the Righteous Path.After a twenty minute traverse across the gelid terrain my bridge crew and I finally approached the wreckage we had spent the last 36 days seeking.The Righteous Path had been broken in two.  A deep gash in the hull exposed at least 11 decks to the harsh environment of the void.  Searching the bottom crease of the breach, we found a means to enter the wreckage of the hulk.An hour of exploration later led the party to a void-lock leading to the bridge.  A thorough examination of the seal by the Explorator revealed that the lock still preserved the atmosphere of the helm.  Octus opened the voidlock and we cycled through to the bridge beyond.  Once our Voidsuits' Auger Arrays confirmed the air was safe, we removed our helmets to taste the stale air of antiquity.The bridge was laid out according millenias-old Imperial design.  The Lord-Captain's Throne sat near one end of the bridge overseeing various consoles sunken in the floor.  Each of the consoles served as the instrument panel for one of the bridge crew; the Helmsman, the Explorator, the Navigator, the Arch-Militant all had arrays of controls presenting the information relevant to their trade.Unlike traditional naval design, the walls of the bridge were also lined with banks of battle-servitors.  No doubt, the Lord-Captain of the Righteous Path felt such automated defenses would reduce the chance mutiny from the crew.  Perhaps, I should investigate such a bulwark in the Dawn Treader...In any case, I was not the only one excited with prospect of reviving such ancient servitors. “The sounds of a servitor are a hymn to the Omnissiah,” were the Explorator's exact words.  To properly interface with the servitors, Octus needed to access the core cogitator; his goal was to cajole the machine spirits of the bridge to activate the servitors under his command.  The core cogitator vestibule was secreted past a door just off the bridge.  The Tech-Priest hurried to the vestibule to restore power to the door and the bridge, so that he may investigate the core cogitator beyond.In  hindsight, it may have been inadvisable to return power to the bridge without disabling the servitors first...When the machines launched their attack, the Missionary, the Arch-Militant and I were investigating the throne.To our dismay, two of the servitors nearest to the throne lurched to life and moved to strike from both of our flanks.  Brother Mordechai and I split to face the battle-servitors on two-fronts.This tactic turned out to be an utter failure...On the left flank, I was stunned  after recklessly charging into melee with the battle-servitor via a wicked counter-strike from its shock glove.  My verdammt minions didn't even come to my aid right away!The beshissen Arch-Militant, Volkner Alessander fired at the right flank to support the Missionary instead of his Lord-Captain on the left!  Adding insult to injury, Volkner's Stormbolter was equipped with Tempest rounds which shocked the battle-servitor, rendering it incapable of attack.  Oh, the irony – I was lying on my back helpless and stunned and instead of counter-stunning the battle-servitor intent on ending my reign as Lord-Captain of the Dawn Treader, the Arch-Militant saved that werlos Brother Mordechai!Fortunately, the Void-Master had better sense.  Quinn Vanberg charged over to rescue me on the left flank.  The battle-servitor attacked the Helmsman with its Chainsword, but he parried the strike with his Power-sword; the active power-field even destroyed the servitor's chain weapon!Nevertheless, the servitor struck me again with its shock glove; once more I was heavily wounded in dire combat...At that moment, the Tech-Priest finally gained entrance to the core vestibule and spoke the Binary Language to the Cogitator.  Octus assuaged the angered machine-spirits and implored them to call off the attack.  The battle-servitors complied...Belatedly, the Missionary made his way over to me, whilst I still lay twitching against the side of the Throne, and tended to my injures.  We need a new combat apothecary aboard the Dawn Treader!With the bridge secured, the plunder of the Righteous Path began in earnest.  Octus was able to recover and repair both the Battle-servitors; they will make a fine addition to our maritime assault capability.Now that both the remains of the Fell Hand and the Righteous Path have fallen under my domain, we can reap rich plunder and profit!  It will take a few days to completely sack the two vessels and then return to Footfall as the victorious conqueror of the Magoros System!I am Lord Captain of the Dawn Treader, The Countess Lucretia Von KrakDen Stets-Siegreichen Imperium!</blockquote>

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