Lord Captain Regis Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader)
Captain Mikkos Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader)
Cort Gillam (Astropath Transcendent)
Torian Aurelius (Navigator)
Atticus Fidelus (Arch-Militant)
Brother Bron (Missionary)
Athena Veritas (Seneschal)
**CLASSIFIED**(Explorator)
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+++DATE 2711017 M41
+++REF 1710/LOG/RKX
+++AUTH RKRELLX 0823.74
+++RE FOOTFALL-MAGOROS
+++THOUGHT: IT IS NOT THE HORROR OF WAR THAT TROUBLES ME BUT THE UNSEEN HORRORS OF PEACE.
+++START LOG ENTRY
-NOTED THAT CAPTAIN MIKKOS KRELL'S SHIP SHALL HENCE FORTH BE RECORDED AS GERÁNIA,
WITH A FULL CREW OF 9,000, WITH APPROXIMATELY 3,000 OF THEM BEING
SERVITORS. THE SHIP CURRENTLY IS CREWED BY 3,000 SERVITORS AND
APPROXIMATELY 2,000 MEN.
-BOARDING
PARTY ACTION WITH STYGIAN REAVER PIRATE SHIP. WE ESTIMATE THEIR LOSSES
AT 1,000 MEN. WE LOST 18 MEN AND HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 54 WOUNDED.
-5,360 PEOPLE PROCESSED AS PRISONERS WITH 4,200 SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE XERXES AND 1,160 TRANSFERRED TO GERÁNIA TO BE PROCESSED INTO SERVITORS.
-TOTAL ELAPSED TIME: 8 HOURS.
-SECURED
AN ADDITIONAL 4 ARVUS LIGHTERS AND 4 HEAVY CARGO MOVERS BRINGING OUR
TOTALS TO 12 ARVUS LIGHTS AND 6 HEAVY CARGO MOVERS.
-CREW DISCOVERED A
SPACE MINE ATTACHED TO THE HULL OF THE HAMMER OF HEPHAESTUS. DETERMINED
TO BE A LEECH MINE THAT FORTUNATELY FAILED TO DETONATE.
-CONTINUED TRAVEL TO FOOTFALL, TAKING APPROXIMATELY 6 DAYS OF TRAVEL TIME (~10 DAYS REALTIME).
-ARRIVED
AT FOOTFALL AND RENDEZVOUSED WITH CAPTAIN HUYDERMAN AND HIS CREW OF 12,
WHO WERE SENT AHEAD FROM PORT WANDER TO ESTABLISH HOUSE XERXES PRESENCE
AT FOOTFALL.
-LEARNED 3 MEN WERE LOST TO A GUNFIGHT WITH NARCO GANGERS.
-DISCOVERED MY FATHER NEVER ARRIVED AT FOOTFALL AND WAS LOST SOMEWHERE BETWEEN PORT WANDER AND HERE.
-THE FEL HAND ARRIVED HERE 6 HOURS AGO AND QUICKLY LEFT, WE ASSUME TOWARDS MAGOROS.
-DECIDED
TO LEAVE 50 PEOPLE HERE ON FOOTFALL TO ESTABLISH TRADE AND POSSIBLE
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. 25 ARMED GUARDS AND 25 SUPPORT STAFF. LEAVE THEM
THE OBSCURA OBTAINED BACK ON PORT WANDER TO SELL.
-SISTER ATIKAI IS DELIVERED TO FOOTFALL, WHERE SHE WILL CONTINUES HER CRUSADE.
-PREPARE TO LEAVE FOR MEGOROS, APPROXIMATELY 10 DAYS TRAVEL TIME.
-MEGOROS
SYSTEM IS DOMINATED BY A WHITE DWARF DYING PULSAR WITH RADIATION BLASTS
OCCURRING EVERY 102 MINUTES. FROZEN ASTEROID BELT KNOWN AS THE SHARD
HALO.
-MAGOROS MINOR IS THE PLANET CLOSET TO THE PULSAR, A BURNT CINDER OF A WORLD WITH HIGH RADIATION LEVELS. DEAD PLANET
-MAGOROS
PRIME IS THE LARGER PLANET AND CONTAINS A NUMBER OF RUINS, APPEARING IN
AN ALMOST LABYRINTH-LIKE DESIGN. ONE OF THE RUINS ON THE FAR SIDE OF
THE PLANT DISPLAYS AN ENERGY READING. DETECT AN UNUSUAL STRUCTURE ABOVE,
ALMOST AN ELONGATED PYRAMID. ENERGY AND POWER SPIKES APPEAR TO BE
TRANSMITTING FROM THE MOON, MAGOROS SECONDUS, TO BE RECEIVED AT THIS
STRUCTURE.
-MAGOROS SECONDUS, THE LONE MOON OF MAGOROS PRIME, APPEARS
TO BE A MOSTLY FROZEN WORLD WITH REMNANTS OF A ONCE JUNGLE
CLIMATE/ENVIRONMENT. BLASTS OF STEAM CAN BE DETECTED ON THE SURFACE.
-A CRASHED ORK VESSEL DETECTED ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
+++END LOG ENTRY
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Lord Captain Regis Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader)
Lord Captain Mikkos Krell of House Xerxes (Rogue Trader)
Cort Gillam (Astropath Transcendent)
Torian Aurelius (Navigator)
Atticus Fidelus (Arch-Militant)
Brother Bron (Missionary)
Athena Veritas (Seneschal)
**CLASSIFIED**(Explorator)
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+++DATE 2702017 M41
+++REF 1010/LOG/RKX
+++AUTH RKRELLX 0823.74
+++RE THE BATTLEGROUND
+++THOUGHT: TRUE FAITH IS BLIND AND JUSTIFIED.
+++START LOG ENTRY
-REVIEWED STATUS OF THE HAMMER OF HEPHAESTUS, HAVOC CLASS MERCHANT RAIDER
-24,000 FULL CREW, CURRENTLY AT 20,500 (85.4%)
-WOLF IN SHEEP CLOTHING. DISGUISED SYSTEMS INCLUDE SUNSEAR WEAPON, BARRACKS AND RETRO THRUSTERS.
-SHIP IS REBELLIOUS.
-BEFORE LEAVING PORT WANDER, REQUEST RECEIVED FROM PRIEST JOHANES, TO TRANSFER SISTER ATIKAI AND HER RETINUE TO FOOTFALL. DISCOVERED HER RETINUE CONSISTS OF 220 FANATICAL FOLLOWERS, MOST ARMED WITH WEAPONS.
-SMALL CEREMONY HELD FOR GENERAL ZERO, WHO SURPRISED US WITH GIFTS INCLUDING A MONO-MOLECULE DAGGER, SINGLE-SHOT HAND CANNON, HIGH-END PROVISIONS AND FOUR FIGHTER JETS COMPLETE WITH MAINTENANCE CREW. GENERAL ZERO'S GENEROSITY SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
-DEPARTED PORT WANDER VIA ZONE 15, THE SAME ZONE THE FEL HAND LEFT FROM. DISCOVERED MY FATHER LEFT VIA PASSAGE 27, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BLOCKADED FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON.
-ASSISTANT NAVAGATOR JESSE BENNETT WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX WARP EDDIES THAT PROVED DIFFICULT FOR TORIAN AURELIUS, WHO HAS BEEN RECOVERING FROM MENTAL FATIGUE.
-AFTER APPROXIMATELY SIX DAYS, THE HAMMER OF HEPHAESTUS ARRIVED AT THE TEMPLE, ONLY TO RECALIBRATE OUR SYSTEMS AND PREPARE FOR THE NEXT JUMP.
-THE TEMPLE APPEARS TO BE A DEAD SYSTEM, COMPLETELY SYMMETRICAL AND OFTEN USED AS A SYMBOL IN THE EMPEROR'S TAROT DECK.
-CONTINUED TO AREA KNOWN AS THE BATTLEGROUND, WHERE THE WARPSTORMS WERE CLEAR, BUT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SHIP AND HULK DEBRIS RESULTS IN AN ALMOST JUNKYARD APPEARANCE.
-AUGERMASTER DALTON RECEIVES A FAINT DISTRESS BEACON CLAIMING TO BE FROM THE PENITENT TRAVELER, A KNOWN PILGRIMAGE SHIP CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 2,000 PASSENGERS. VISUAL CONFIRMATION RECEIVED.
-RECEIVED VOX TRANSMISSION FROM KNOWN ROGUE TRADER JON QUIN SAUL, AN ASSOCIATE OF MY FATHER, WARNING US THAT WE ARE HEADED INTO A TRAP, BUT THAT WE WERE TO NOT ADJUST OUR COURSE.
-THE HAMMER OF HEPHAESTUS'S GELLER FIELDS ACT UP. JUMPING INTO THE WARP IS NOT AN OPTION.
-HELMSMAN PAYTAS LONG CAUTIOUSLY BRINGS US TOWARDS THE PENITENT TRAVELER AS TWO WOLFPACK RAIDERS FROM THE STYGIAN REAVERS PIRATE CLAN EMERGED.
-BLESSINGS FROM THE EMPEROR GRANTED US VICTORY AS ONE RAIDER SHIP WAS DISABLED AND THE OTHER FLED THE BATTLEGROUND.
-PHYROUS DUMARFAK CONTACTED FROM THE PENITENT TRAVELER. ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE WITH ROGUE TRADER JON QUIN SAUL TO DIVIDE ANY SPOILS FROM THE ENGAGEMENT.
-DUE TO INCREASING INSTABILITY WITH SISTER ATIKAI'S FOLLOWERS (AND SOME OF OUR CREW), IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT ATIKAI SHALL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE OTHER SHIP, WHERE HER ENERGIES CAN BE SPENT HELPING TO CLEANSE ANY WARP TAINT LEFT ON THE SHIP. ARBITER LARSON TO HEAD TRANSFER.
-THE PENITENT TRAVELER IS TO REMAIN AT THE BATTLEGROUND UNTIL REPAIRED.
-BOARDING ACTION INITIATED AGAINST DAMAGED RAIDER SHIP.
+++END LOG ENTRY
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