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Te Imperum of Man s e greaes gaaccempre of s me, spannng from UmaMacara on e very edge of e wesern rm o esrouded Easern Frnge amos a undred ousandg years away. Unng s mon words s perapse greaes weapon and resource avaabe o Man:e Impera Fee, conroed by e powerfubureaucracy of e Adepus Adminisraum. heImpera lee can be broken down no reeprmary componens; e Navis Miliares, proecnge Imperum w s grea warsps, e Navis

Mercanilis, andng e low o es and rade ne Imperum, and e Navis Civiles, wose sps areowned and conroed by nobe ords, gud masers,ree raders and oer prveged czens. name o e Navis Mercanilis s acuay somewa

mseadng, as ree rade makes up a reavey smaporon o e rac beween Impera words.he prmary purpose o e Mercan Fee sarguaby e coecon and dsrbuon o esunder drecon o e Deparmenos Conlaio and

Aucus o e Adepus Adminisraum. Due o eg degree o specasaon o Impera coones,ere are many words a are uery dependen onexerna suppes n order o survve. Forgewordsand ndusra words are some o e mos vauabeypes o Impera coones, bu ese woud beamos woress no or a seady suppy o oodrom agrwords and ores rom mnng words. I se uncon o e Navis Mercanilis o drve scrcuaon, n many ways acng as e bood o egrea body a s e Imperum.

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e Navis Mercanilis, e name o e MercanFee evokes a par o s orgna uncon. Becausesps w warp drves are so very expensve,

rade woud be a bu mpossbe on many words no or e servces o e Navis Mercanilis. Byprovdng a pubc ranspor servce o sanconedcommerca organsaons, e Navis Mercanilis sabe o smuae economc grow. Trade cares acanno aford budng or purcasng er own spsmay ren space onboard e vas mercan vesseso e Navis Mercanilis as ey pass by on erscedued roues. Many nersear rade syndcaesand cares ave sared ou by conducng busness va e Navis Mercanilis, evenuay gaerng

enoug wea over e cenures o purcase erown vesses n e Navis Civiles.

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The Merchant fleet in battle

Few vesses n e Navis Mercanilis are enreydefenceess. In a gaaxy ied w ddendangers, xenos raders, renegade lees, praesand warp-spawned beemos, even ore carracksand radng gaeons are equpped w ranks

upon ranks o weapons o deer aackers and deaw msceaneous dangers suc as aserods ormneieds.

Agans dedcaed aackers, e sps o e NavisMercanilis are exremey vunerabe and so musavod enemy conacs a a coss.he sps o e Impera Navy and Adepus

Asares are ever vgan, consany parong andguardng Mercans rade roues o ensure e

[Above: A Navis Mercantilis convoy in transit]

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Beow, you w ind rues ormercan vesses n BFG and aspeca BFG convoy scenaro. hereason I ave made addonarues or usng ranspors n BFG swood. Frs, s a grea excuse oconver and pan a woe bunc onew sps or a BFG lee. Anyonecan jus sap ogeer a new ypeo baecruser, bu budnga ugboa or sprn rader s adferen knd o caenge. Second,we e rade convoy s one omy avoure scenaros or BFG, Iind a doesn reay work ona grand scae. he nervous ensono ryng o avod dscovery by asquadron o enemy escors snque ere wen youre crusngorward w wo baesps oneac lank. he rues beow aowor greaer baes nvovng bggermercan vesses, aowng peope

[ke me] o ind a use or ernewy convered super-eavybarge.

saey o unproeced mercan vesses. In regonsreaened by war, a non-mary rac s ceasedmmedaey, so no o sacrice e vunerabe and vauabe Impera mercan vesses. Some radeconvoys owever, mus reac er desnaons areguar nervas no maer wa enemes ay n er

way. From e ear o Segmenum Soar, enormousrade lees i er cavernous ods w vacargo and se ou o cenra ocaons around eImperum, sang aong e major rade anes wuge mary escors. To ese Soar Mercan lees,repors o xenos raders and prae ambuses areacknowedged w soc deermnaon, as bonso ves depend on e arrva o er precous cargoand uure generaons depend on er sae reurnback o e Segmenum Soar.

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TYPE/HITS SPEED TURNS SHIELD ARMOUR TURRETS

Escor/1 15 cm 45 1 4+ 1

ARMAMENT RANGE/SPEED FIREPOWER/STR FIRE ARC

Por Weapons Baery 15 cm 1 L

Sarboard Weapons Baery 15 cm 1 R

Dorsa Weapons Baery 15 cm 1 L / F / R

Caravel transport (transport capacity: 1) Freighter transport (transport capacity: 2)

Clipper transport (transport capacity: 1)


Escor/1 15 cm 45 1 5+ 1





Galleon transport (transport capacity: 4)


Cruser/1 15 cm 45 1 5+ 1





Caraves are represened by an ordnance marker and couns as ordnance o anens and purposes. If a carave marker comes n conac w enemy aackcrat (igers, bombers or assau boas), ro a D6 or eac enemy aack cratn conac. I any o e aack crat score a 4 or ger, e carave s desroyedand removed rom pay. Caraves may be aacked w ong range weapons keoer knds o ordnance, usng e norma rues. Caraves ave a speed o 10 cm,

aowng e sp o move 10 cm per ordnance pase (.e. 20 cm per urn)

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Carrack transport (transport capacity: 6)


Cruser/6 15 cm 45 2 5+ 2





Barge transport (transport capacity: 8)


Cruser/8 15 cm 45 2 5+ 2





Heavy barge transport (transport capacity: 10)


Cruser/10 15 cm 45 2 5+ 2





Super-heavy barge transport (transport capacity: 12)


Cruser/12 15 cm 45 3 5+ 3




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Merchant vessels

he sps o e Navis Mercanilis are generayno bu w e same advanced ecnoogyas e Navis Miliares, e Impera Navy. Inaddon o er neror deensve capabes,Mercan vesses are oten more suggs, ackng

e poweru engnes used by e Impera Navy,wc makes em arder o manoeuvre andsower o acceerae. Nauray, e ocers andcrew o Mercan sps are rarey as sked orexperenced n dangerous suaons as oseo Navy sps and mos saors n e Navis

Mercanilis may go er enre e wouseeng anyng ke comba, n many regonso e Imperum.Mercan lee sps usng AAead Fu orders ony add +3D6 cm o erspeed. hey aso reduce er randomy roedLeadersp by one, so ey w ave a Leaderspvaue o beween 5 and 8.

Variants

here are many ypes o mercan sps n eImperum beyond e caegores based on voumeand cargo capacy. Sprn raders, roner raders,armed mercans, jump enders, buk raders, uecarrers and vod crusers are e mos commonypes o specased mercan sps, oug ereare aso oer common varans ncudng ue

carrers, ore carrers and passenger sps. hearge convoys pyng e major rade anes o e

Imperum w usuay ave a mxed composono suc sp ypes, dependng on e needs anddemands o e Adepus Adminisraum, buoccasonay sraegc consderaons w prompa reques or sprn raders or armed mercansspecicay.

Sprin rader

Sprn raders are a cass o mercan sps wremendous speed a e cos o cargo capacy.hey are expensve vesses, w advancedengnes a approac e capabes o Imperamary vesses, and er servces are avaabeony o e rces and mos prveged czensand adeps. Sprn raders are used or a vareyo purposes, bu mos commony carrynguxury goods, mporan personne, resood or vauabe eorms. Sprn raders areaso somemes commandeered by Inqusorsraveng ncogno and by smuggers or rogueraders ookng o bypass Impera or xenosbockades.

A cpper, reger, gaeon or carrack may beupgraded o a sprn rader a e cos o 5 ponsper eac ranspor capacy pon. (A regerw ranspor capacy 2 mus pay 10 pons.)hs gves e sp a +5 cm speed bonus and asoprovdes a +4D6 cm speed bonus wen usngA Aead Fu order nsead o +3D6 cm. Sprnraders ave a e orgna ranspor capacy

o er sp ype.

Armed merchanArmed mercans are smpy mercan vessesa ave been eer consruced or reied wmary grade weaponry, e kes o wc areusuay reserved or e Impera Navy. Wemos Impera ranspors are equpped w asma baery o weapons o dscourage praesand raders, ey are easy prey n a rea bae.

Armed mercans are oten sen o warzonesor roner words ogeer w Impera Navyescors n suaons were enemy rads areno ony possbe, bu amos ceran. No amercan sps are normay reied n sway, owever. he smaes caraves woud bepraccay useess as ranspors equpped wmassve mary grade weapons, and e argesvesses suc as super-eavy barges are so vauabea ey usuay ave dedcaed Impera Navyescor squadrons nsead.

A cpper, reger, gaeon or carrack may beupgraded o an armed mercan a e cos o5 pons per eac ranspor capacy pon. (Areger w ranspor capacy 2 mus pay 10pons.) hs gves e sp a 50% ncrease nweapon baery sreng, w no addonarange. For exampe, a reger w sreng 2weapon baeres w ave sreng 3 weaponbaeres upgraded o an armed mercansp. he upgrade s made o eac baery (por,sarboard and dorsa). Armed mercans ave

a e orgna ranspor capacy o er spype.

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By Reg Steiner

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Introduction

Ise ou o make a raer subsana cange oe BaeFee Goc rues because of a mnorprobem, a became a major concern.Too many of e game payers around, dskedavng aernang urns, and beng forced o ose agame smpy because ey ddn re weapons rs.Forced o ake errbe da mage, wou any aby

o ge of er own srke, e damaged spsnow ad a uge reducon o power w wc osrke back. ha s e mnor probem. he majorconcern became ow many payers moved on ooer games because o s probem.I beeve n keepng ngs smpe. hereore, I puogeer s meod or smuaneous movemenand comba by makng as ew canges as possbe.he bg cange s n e accs payers w use oresove e cones o lees. No onger w a, sowbombers ly around saonary gers because

e gers ake e second move n a ordnancepase, or exampe. Now damage akes efecater bo sdes ave red. I beeve e Reactionand Initiative aspecs o ese canges make ecanges parcuary aracve. I nve e readero ry a sma game, or wo, w ese meods.Be ready o cange your acca nk ng.Maneuverng o ge e rs so s no onger oprmary mporance n e openng moves. he

dferences n sp desgns w now be magned,enancng payaby. he oca obby group wasre-nvgoraed o pay BaeFee Goc, wcwas my goa. Enjoy!

Movement

a. I made my couners ou o wood dscs rom aobby sore. Cardboard squares work oo. Prna srag arrow, or a ben arrow, on one sde oeac couner. I made teen o eac o sar.Check ou he Forge section for ready-to-cut-outmarkers.

2. Turn over couners ater everyone s nsedpacng er orders. A payers move er spsas per speca orders, or roune orders, a eas emnmum dsance requred. he srag arrowmeans a vesse mus move srag, and eben arrow means a vesse mus make a urn.he drecon o e arrow s unmporan, onymeans a urn n eer drecon s o be perormed.Payers soud move sps oppose eac oer, oake advanage o e Reacon Rue.

a. Any Speca Order a as a eadersp ro,requres a Roune order couner o repace .

Suggeson: Make a aemps or Speca ordersrs, en pace and lp over roune couners,and move.

Reaction Rule

Wen a payer paces a ace down marker nexo a sp ndcang a urn, or srag aeadmovemen, a s wa e sp mus do. However,

1. he rs pase o a payers urn s o pace SpecaOrders suc as A Aead Fu . Now Rounemovemen orders are added. I no speca orderdce are beng paced nex o a sp or squadron,pace a ace down couner ndcang e rouneorder e sp w be perormng. he rouneorders are srag or urn. I a Speca Orderdoes no afec movemen, suc as Lock On orReoad Ordnance, a roune order marker s a sorequred. (For Lock On, e srag arrow servesas a remnder.)

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as an opponen moves oppose vesses, payersmay reaze a er vesse s movng no adsadvanageous or da ngerous poson. ha payercan ro agans a vesses Leadersp vaue, and successu, can cange e move rom e ordermarker. In oer words, move srag nsead ourn, or vce versa. Ony a sps Leaderspcan be used - eres no me or a Fee Admra

o noce rom anoer sp, and ye a warnng!I e Leadersp ro s a aure resu, e vessemus connue w e urn or srag maneuverorgnay ordered. Even no a dangerous poson.Too ae e danger was reazed! he opposngpayer can aso aemp o reac, a s ouned above.No sp can aemp more an one reacon permovemen pase.

b. Ordinance Second Move: Now move anyordnance aunced n a prevous urn. Boopponens move a para move, usuay

a, somemes ess s needed, as a means oprojec were an nercepon may occur. I nonercep on s obvous, move u move. Resoveaacks and damage.

3. Gunnery Comba s resoved exacy as n ebase rues. Excep a efecs o damage are noapped un a sps ave red a guns a can.Ordnance s aunces ater a gunnery anddamaged s resoved. hs means a a spbecomes crpped rom gunnery damages, a

sps ordnance IS afeced as per base ru es.

Initiative Rule ( Optional )

An excng, and even scary opon, s o ro anInave De durng gun comba resouon.Oten oppose sps due one on one, or wo onone, ec. Ro a D6 or eac sp jus beore rng

gunnery aacks. I wo vesses are rng on oneopponen, a D6 s roed or eac, NOT one D6or e squadron. he g de wnner res aweapons rs, AND APPLIES a resung damagemmedaey. I asp s crpped, or sufers a crca , a sucefecs are apped pror o a sps reurn re.For exampe, n e case o wo sps agans one,

ere coud be ree dferen nave vaues, soeac woud be apped separaey, n urn. Any ed

4. Launc ordnance oowng base rues.Ordnance s as e same movemen rae anddsance. he ony cange s w smuaneouspayer/opponen moves, nercepng courses nowmean a sg cange s needed. For mos ordnancemovemen, a para move o a a move, oowedby opponens movng a, en bo compeng

moves, w suice o m conuson. Oten sapparen a wo ordnance orces, or waves aregong o code - snce lyng around saonaryopponens s no onger possbe - so smpy pacee wo waves n conac, and remove couner orcouner, or base or base, ec., as ouned n baserues. Don orge: Ordnance prevousy aunced,owever many urns ago, move agan now, as we.

O course, any ordnance a reaces an opponenn s pase, as ose aacks resoved now, anddamage apped mmedaey, oowng base rues.

Edar second move, possbe or a vesse, musbe aken pror o movng ordnance.

5. End Pase. Accomps a end pase repars,ec. now.

has !A ew mnor re-arrangemens o wen o doceran asks, and add a pa r o roune movemencouners, and you are se or smuaneous

movemen/comba or BaeF ee Goc . Ateryou ry s a coupe o mes, you may nd youpreer s meod. Many o our group do.

See he Summary on he nex page. Use his as aspeedy reerence shee on he game able.

nave resus mean a damage s apped, atersps a ad macng naves, ave red agunnery. I s opona nave rue s used, dono mody e de resu w acors ke: sp orcrew quay, raca ras, or oer acors a ca nbe reasoned o appy. Keep smpe o avod payerconlcs over wa appes or jus don use sopona rue . Remember: Ro a D6 or eac sps

nave durng comba. Even lees w over adozen sps per sde oten nd opponens spsparng up w one or more o er own sps.hs can be e eases way o resove comba. Saron one lank and work your way across e lee.Once a vesse begns rng, mus re a weaponsa can. No odng back un anoer sp resrs, beore e rs sp res s dorsa guns, orexampe. Compee one sp and move on.

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1. Pace Roune movemen and Speca order dce nex o sps.

2. Ro dce vs. Leadersp for Speca orders. Repace w Roune markerfor faed command ceck. Revea movemen orders and move sps perorders.

Reaction Rule: Payers mus ro a command ceck agans sps naveLeadersp vaue. No Admras re-ros aowed for s ceck. If successfu:devae from orgna Roune order o urn or move srag aead. Specaorders canno be canged s way. Faed command cecks mean movemenorders mus be foowed, o mnmum movemen dsa nce, a eas. Opponenaso may aemp o reac. Only one reacion aemp allowed, per ship, permovemen phase.

a. Make a ordnance second moves now. Aack crat do no have o move, buorpedoes mus. Resove aacks and damage beore movng on o gunnery.

3. Gunnery Comba. Resove as per base rues, owever, appy damage resusater a sps a can re ave done so, rom bo opponens. Becauseordnance s aunced ater gunnery comba, ordnance s afeced by gunnerydamage, crca s and crpped efecs appy.

Initiative Rule: ( Opona ) Ro one D6 per sp abou o re weapons, andmac agans opponens de ro o a D6. Hg de wns, damage s appedrom gunnery beore opponens ower roed nave weapons re. Efecsrom crca s and crppng DO ake efec beore ower roed naveweapons re. Do no mody nave de ro or ousde ras, use acuanumber roed. Or do no use s opona rue.

4. Launc any Ordnance. Because o smuaneous moves o ordnance, apara move, en opponens para move, and nay compee ordnancemoves. hs w ep resove nercepons o ordnance by ordnance, sucnercepons are no ready apparen. Resove nercepons, and ordnanceaacks on argeed sps n base conac, as expaned n base rues. Makesecond move or Edar sps abe o do so, pror o movng ordnance spase.

5. End Pase. Accomps a end pase asks, suc as aemped repars.

Repea ese seps or eac urn. Reer o earer expanded expanaon wereneeded. Reer o base rues or comba and movemen operaons no cangedor expaned ere.

Roune movemen couners need ony be marked w a urn arrow, or a

srag arrow. he urn arrow drecon s unmporan, ony ndcaes aurn mus be made n eer drecon. he roune couners can be used or asquadron, as we as ndvdua sps. Roune Order markers mus be pacedw any Speca Orders a do no afec movemen.

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I probaby adn eped a Gran ad od m o eave e rs me edseen m, msakng m for a rang a ad no busness on e brdge. Grancoud break ou a fearsome emper wen e was provoked, and wen a emperconroed a mon on, nne-komere Mars-cass baecruser, precous fewpeope soug o provoke .

He broke from s musngs and urned s erawa aenons back o e brdge.Hoograpc screens depcng e curren lee encouner lased on n ron os saow ace, and e dsmssed em.

Hows our engagemen gong? Has Fuden desroyed em ye? e soued noe ampeare. Wen ey were odng g ancor over a Caos-ed word,keepng abreas o every mnue even was paramoun.

A que agan, sr, reped s Frs Ocer, a sor, swary man by e name oMubern. Las conac 03:40 Impera. he Gory says eyve os em, sr.

Wa do you mean os em? Gran cred. hey were ony ere ve mnuesago! How can an Impera baecruser ose a boody Caos rgae n vemnues?

Dsappeared sr, s Senor Vox Oicer sad. he Glory repored bae damagea 03:39, beore asropas os e enemy rgae on e auspex. heyve jumped

ousysem, sr.

Is a so? Gran asked, brngng a mgy gaune up o massage s cn.Engagemen me?

Laes encouner was reen mnues, sr, aoug Capan Fuden sad wasa eas teen. Waever was, eyre deney geng onger.

Yes, Gran sad sowy, ey are.

Hgh Ah - OBy Richard Swan

Omcron Sepmus, g ancor07.231.M41

ONE

Hs ade de camp, Grece, ad been on saon or ony egeen mnues wene sps ng cyce abrupy ended. Iumnaon panes and wa gs n esurroundng corrdors ckered reucany no e, and e Impera anemGlory o he Emperorwarbed on e muncpa address sysem, more o annoypersonne rom er seep en or any rousng purpose. he spayed brassorn above Fee Admra Gran, commander o e Segmenum Paccus 701sBaegroup, owever, suered or a precous ew seconds, uzzed w sac,and ded. Greces souders sumped sgy as s ree manesed se,raer more overy an Gran expeced ed nended.

Glory o he Emperor no or you, en? e asked, smng. Grece ookedsgy embarrassed or a second, squrmed n s sarced, mdng bue navyunorm, and nay sood o aenon. Gran sook s ead sgy, and decdedagans rong s eyes. he wde emsperca brdge o crewman and consoebanks aced m drecy, and woudn be good o be seen snubbng s ownequerry. He supposed a new ades woud be rusrangy ense or er rs ew

weeks n oice - bu e man jus woudn reax.

You know you don ave o be rgened o me, e wspered ou e cornero s mou. I won be.

Grece nodded, bu Gran coud see s words ad ad e efec on e mansnervous emperamen. Seeng e vasy armoured buk o e Fee Admra,ardwred roug nerace ubng and ck bo-eecronc cabes drecyno e sps manrame, ad cerany aken s o on e young equerry.

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Caos sps ad been jumpng nsysem for e as our, probng er navasrengs w and run aacks, esng er formaons. he weve Imperasps odng ancor were preparng panesde roop depoymen, and eduraon o e enemy aacks was ncreasng, probaby n ancpaon o suca mass dsembarkaon o Guard. I ey coud knock ou e 701ss groundeemen n one e swoop, ey coud render e enre baegroup mpoen.Gran jus oped e Arcenemy ddn know .

Arg, e sad, keep vg, and prorse e ong range auspex. I wan o seeexacy wa eyre dng ou ere.

Aye aye, sr, Mubern sad.

And ge me Fuden on e ne, e sad, urnng o s SVO. I wan o speakw a despcabe basard myse.

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he Divine Glory was by no means a arge sp - ndeed, a ve komeres wase smaes cruser n e 701s Segmenum Paccus Baegroup - ye was

regarded by many o be as ormdabe as s sser sp, e Tian Imperial, wce Fee Admra mse commanded. hs ac was wdey acknowedged asdue o e Capan o e Glory, Marcus Fuden, a arge man w an even argerpersonay. Known or s bod and somemes crass accs - oten nvovngrammng smaer sps o amos unaccepabe dermen, e ad earned econemp o e Fee Admra on more an one occason, and e war orOmcron Sepmus ad proved o be no dferen. In ac, Fuden adn been soannoyngy successu n e Impera Navy, Gran woud ave rown s de ne sockade our mons beoreand a Farrax-Carage Nava Por.

he very rumour a e Glory may we be as ormdabe as e Imperialwas

no unknown o Fuden, and e ked o remnd e Fee Admra on eroccasona encouners, weer n person a very rare opporuny ndeed, andone a requred decousy veed nsus or more requeny on e ong ragevox, wc requred muc ess ac.

hs occason, owever, appropraed neer o ese meods. As soon as sSVO paced e nk roug, Fuden knew a e Fee Admra was n nomood or s subverson - and e was n no mood o ds ou.

My Lord, o wa do I owe s peasure? e asked epessy, as s DamageConro Oicer red desperaey o sea of seveneen separae bukeads downer sarboard ank. He waved e ampeare o crewmen que as soar sacwased across e aready weak ong-range vox.

Fuden, were n e name o e Emperor s a damned rgae? came Gransvoce over e nk, ck w pendng anger. One wrong word and Fuden woudee e brun o e Fee Admras wra ke a boer round o e sernum.

My Lord, ey ransaed ousysem aser en I coud ge er o broadsdes...e Capan sad, s eyes ckerng o e sor range auspex n ron o m, ...and ook a good poron o my sarboard ank w em. Our seds are soo s-

By e hrone, man! Wa are you payng a? Fteen mnues o conac andyou can brng a cruser o broadsdes?

My Lord, ere were...compcaons w our engnes, enre power sacksocked down. I nk e Arcenemy used some knd o eecronc warare puseo knock ou our power core -

hey locked down your power core! e Fee Admra asked, uery ncreduous.Fuden knew ow msy e excuse was. He e s usuay sarp ongue dry upn appreenson, and a bead o swea rcked down s spne. I sowy soakedno e op o s cream breeces.

My Lord, won appen agan, I promse. A emporary eecroncs maunc on,nong more. I ave e adeps workng on a ready.

he Fee Admra sad someng a was erased by anoer was o sac, buFuden knew waever was, e was readng on n ce. No Caos eecronc

puse, no maer ow srong, coud su down an enre crusers power core, andey bo knew .Hs DCO gave m a umbs up, and a oo-scemac o e Glorys sarboardank wavered nex o Fudens ace. He canceed rr aby, and readdressed evox.

My Lord, I-

Su up Fuden, or hrones sake, e Fee Admra snapped. My asropas

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e me youre srayng from formaon. Reagn a once, and ge your gear ogeer,or you be eaded back o Carage sockade faser an you can say yes sr.Undersand, Capan?

Yes sr, Fuden reped amey. Very good sr.

he ne wen dead.

Sgna ermnaed, s SVO sad. he buse o e ampeare resumed, ande sarboard scemac reappeared. Fuden revewed , and anked e DCO.

Engnes, ge us back o ormaon, doube me, e soued o e crewmen.Frs Oicer, a word.

Hs Frs Oicer, Dogen Aeks, et s das and crossed e sor space o meagrng owards e Capan.Yes sr? e asked, s ace awas w ancpaon.

Has e probem n e power core been aken care o? Fuden wsperedeversy. He ooked a e aces o s crewmen, gancng a e par o em

ke conspraors.

Yes sr, Aeks reped, gancng o s et, bu s a mess down ere sr.Casuaes are on e medcae eve now sr, bu e apoecares say ey wonpu roug. Taned, sr.

Arg, Fuden reped, ater a ong pause. He decded agans swearng - erewere oo many peope wacng m. As you were.

he Capan waced as e Frs Oicer srode back o s das, and exaed,removng s cap and reveang a sweay mop o back ar. He dded w e

rm nervousy, eeng s ngers rembe.

Fuden was prepared o de n many ways or e Emperor, bu e s dd noncude beng annaed n g ancor by an Impera sp, or avng beenaned by a Caos Spawn n s power core.

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Gran smrked as e sgna ermnaed. I was abou me e pu a damnabeman n s pace.

he Glory as reurned o ormaon, sr, s SVO soued.

Good, Gran sad, appng s ngers on e uge see rone a supporedm. he rngng o mea on mea ammered ou roug e brdge.

Auspex, any news? e asked, revewng e aes saus repors on e ooscreenswrng around s ead. He pucked em rom e ar w a oug, and readand dsmssed em w superuman speed.

Nong sr. No so muc as a wsper.

Arg, e Fee Admra sad, I nk s abou me we go s sow on eroad. Any onger and ere won be an Omcron cvan et o save rom eseCaos basards.

here was a murmur o concurrence w e Admras angry enacy, ouge coud e no everybody enrey agreed w m. Depoymen requredey move o ow ancor o reduce e dsance beween em and panea,mnmsng e me er Guard anders were n g. A mass st o ormaono suc a sae woud no ony render er reacon mes o an enemy aackdsmay sow, bu aso mean a e depoymen woud go aead despee baegroup beng on Quck Reacon Aer. And e Caos ee odngousysem ad proven o be que e det oe. I ey ad em mapped on ongrange auspex, a ey ad o do was ransae nsysem n e en or so mnues woud ake e 701s o reposon, and engage em a w. I woud be ke

aackng a snge man armed w a pso w a baaon o Space Marnes.

Lke e gave a damn wa any o em oug.

Vox! he oowng message pease, eewde, e sad, cearng s roa.hs s Fee Admra Gran o a sps. Reposonng o ow ancor efecvemmedaey. Execue manoeuvre ormaon 007.143.IP CAD, sandard Impera.You are o repor comba readness o me personay n no ess an eg mnues.A Guard uns on mmedae sandby or panea. Message ends03:52

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Impera.

Message sen and acknowedged, sr, s SVO soued.

Gran sared a mer on e neares ooscreen o s face, e bnkng dgscounng down from 07:00, and began e decae procedure of movng amon ons of e Tian Imperialno ow orb, feeng e coossa buk of ebaecruser lowng roug s cky armoured body. Scemacs o e pane

lowed roug Grans ead, sowng opma orb rajecores, geosyncronousancor and poar ancor, and e remarked quey o mse ow mserabe edusy yeow and brown orb ooked rom space. Ousde e sp, e massveposonng engnes vened geysers o propean no e cod vacuum, and eprmary and secondary manoeuvre engnes rumbed naudby no e. Excesswarm was dumped as e sp began o move, sowy a rs, en w morespeed as e pracced st was execued. Hea seds sowy ocked down overer eg-undred gun broadsde compmen, o preven e ve mere-wdebarres rom becomng cogged w propean, and sensor cusers recessed noer depoymen pods.

he ac a e Tan Impera woud be yng bnd and mpoen or anoer

sx mnues was no os on s ree ousand srong crew.

And e sudden cacopony o aarms a sgnaed an ncomng mass o Caoswarsps dd e o que ese ears.

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he rs o e sps o be caug n e barrage was e Flame o Gandolar,a rgae o some nne undred meres w a pary ty gun broadsde. Suckaway roug e manoeuvre o ow ancor, w s bas and ea seds

ocked down, was desroyed pecemea by e resy spawned Caos ee.Ordered orward by Fee Magser Pusra, e Licor, cresed by an ron ao oeg spkes and daubed w komere-g obscenes, red s orward gunsamos mmedaey ater ransang nsysem.

As Fee Admra Gran waced on e ong-range auspex, e reased adred bnd and go ucky. he Impera rgae sed wdy o por, exposeddeckng on s sarboard sde jung ou ke a gganc mea rbcage and eakngmoen gobues o adamanum no space. Bu e Licorgave no quarer as

pressed ome e aack, swngng dety o broadsdes and uneasng a u veundred gun savo. Voen beams o energy ore no e u o e Gandolarke was paper, e mupe puncure wounds rppng nwards w undredso Gs o orce o expode on e por sde. Uery desroyed, e rgaes powercore, exposed o e bare vod, roze sod, and e sp mpoded no a nebuao g.

By e hrone, Gran wspered, Vox! Ge me eewde! Abandon manoeuvre!

Aack ormaon on e doube! e beowed no e ampeare, reased was peraps aready oo ae. he Arcenemy ad amassed w amos wceer number, oug many o er sps were smaer.

Excep e False Emperor. Fee Magser Pusras own agsp, was a uge,umberng uk o adamanum, eeven komeres rom ore o at, w asnarng broadsde compmen o one ousand guns. A mon, vacuum-preserved Impera corpses were naed and skewered on s boody surace, andeg-poned sars and ungody proanes were senced down e anks nsckenng abundance. Even Gran, e saunces, mos seadas Fee Admramany Nava personne ad seen, a mos wep a suc a baspemy.

he ormaon o Impera sps was qucky abandoned, as eac re-prepared seor comba. Now neer n g nor ow ancor, ey ad o reman especayvgan o er spacng. Cosons were no uneard o n e ea o bae. Basand ea seds recessed, ea excangers and sensor cusers exended, and eeeven-srong 701s baeee presened arms n a anasc dspay o Imperamary mg.

Les ave ese basards n e nex our, Gran growed, vewng e myrado ooscreens appearng n ron o m, documenng e na onger rangeexcanges beore e Caos ee moved n o broadsde range. Engnes, uspeed aead, weny degrees o sarboard. I wan e Terror,

he Sar Terrorwas ony a desroyer, bu Gran knew woud be good or morae ey coud ge n a ew easy ks eary on.

Broadsdes onne sr, oaded and ready,

he Fee Admra nodded cury. Grece sood n ron o m, avng remanedcompeey unmovng snce e as engagemen, sverng amos mpercepby.He woud ave o nd a job or m soon, es e man be drven nsane w ear.

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he sreamng mages o e Caos sps seemed o ave overwroug an areadyoverwroug man, and Gran amos e sorry or m.

Bu now e ad a bae o g.

Sr, e Terra requess ad o our coreward ank . hey say

No now damm! Gran roared, cung s SVO of. I e Terra can od on

or ve mnues I no ave n my baeee!

he Terrors approacng now sr, sad s Senor Auspex Oicer. Range nve...our...reewo...

Torpedoes re on approac! Gran soued, s aenons snappng back oe ampeare. her rs so n anger. here woud be no cemency w eArcenemy, no quarer. her ore-sos burned voeny as e orpedoes sosrag arrow nes roug e sorenng space beween e Imperialand eTerror, wo o e sx scorng s. Bossomng exposons rupured grea seamsn e desroyers at-por ank, crppng e seds and sammng e spsdeways w e seer orce o . I was no mac or an Impera cruser. No

mac a a.

has ! Gran soued, s bood up. He ook conro o e sp mse obrng o broadsdes, eeng as an exenson o s own mgy body swngnground. Hs somac woud ave urced w adrenane, ad e no ong snceovercome suc uman mpuses. he sape o e ugy Caos desroyer grew ns vson, e drab grey and red uk o sck mea ng s sg. he very ooko was enoug o uneas a u savo o broadsdes, even beore s own wereonne.

Sos away, Mubern soued as er eavy guns based res ordnance no

e gu beween sps. Trackngrackngwo undred s! e excamedncreduousy, urnng o e see rone. Gran ooked a m dsdanuy as ed ave scored ess.

I am Fee Admra or a reason, you know, e sad o s Frs Oicer. Mubernooked sgy abased or a second, beore anoer aarm waed no e andbroug s aenon o s consoe.

Emperor! Were beng pncered! soued s Auspex Oicer. As e wreckage o

e Terror sank no e endess deps o space, wo more Caos obscenes weremovng down bo er anks, er prows asoned ke mous screamng npan.

Crusers, Gran muered. He aed Caos crusers. he wo approacng wereooed Impera sps, and e crews ad gone o own on dsgracng as muc oe beauu arcways, saues and spres as ey coud.

hey were aso daubed enrey n bood.

Korne, Grece wspered nervousy. I was e rs word ed spoken n aong me. And rom he Fee Admras expresson, e suddeny go e eenga woud be s as.

Wa dd you say? Gran undered, s voce armonsng w e spsmuncpa address sysem or an nsan, broadcasng s rage no every cabnon e Tian Imperial.

N-nong sr, Grece reped.

I you nk

Sr! Mubern cu m of as anoer kaxon yammered on, bang e brdgen pusng red g. Were osng power!

Wa? Gran asked, dong a doube ake. he wo Caos crusers were cosngem down as. hey may ave been a good ew komeres smaer, bu eyad no power, ey were aready as good as dead. he nex words Mubernspoke weren exacy reassurng eer. In ac, er mpcaon was decdedycng.

Weve go a power dran o some sor...s - eres...someng n e powercore!

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Power oss o decks 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 15, 17, sarboard broadsdes olne,ea excangers olne, ong range auspex olne, ong rang vox olne, sedsolne...God Emperor were screwed! Aeks soued as soon as e Caos ee

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ad jumped nsysem.

Bu even before e ad, Fuden ad known someng was wrong. A du,robbng eadace ad sared a e back of s ead, and was workng s wayowards s eye sockes. He broug a rembng and up o s nose, and wpedaway a sma rcke of bood across e back of s gove.

Power a 36% and fa ng, Aeks connued. Power a 32%.

W you shu up, man! Fuden roared, rowng s ands forward. By ehrone, e powers sung down, sop wasng me eng me and sor ou!

Hs Frs Oicer ooked a m as ed been backanded across e ace, andurned back o s consoe.

Enemy desroyers approacng! an Auspex Oicer soued, ree, convergng!One undred and reen komeres, approac speed! Weve go nong nrange!

Forward guns o bear, a power o our remanng weapons! Fuden soued,more bood rckng rom s nose. He wped away rraby once more, and ecked on e du grey grng o e oor. A buzzng, ke a o nsec wngs,sounded dsany n s ears, and e sook s ead.

Forward guns onne, ty ore-o-por broadsdes onne, power a 12% andang, Aeks sad epessy. Adrenane curned roug Fudens somac.Power cores amos dry, e Frs Oicer connued, Warp nererence.

Agan? Fuden ssed.

Yes sir, Aeks rounded on m, or peraps youd ke me o su up?

Wa? he Capan reped, unsure ed eard, scannng e ampeare.Ge a grp man, were n e mdde o an engagemen ere! Don be so-

So wa sr? Aeks sad, w pure venom n s voce. Don be so, wa?

he Capan ooked a m ncreduousy. here was someng serousy wrong s Frs Oicer was geng upse over Fuden eng m o su up. Someng

serousy wrong ndeed.

Aeks, wa n e name o e Emperor s e maer w you? e asked,more perurbed an concerned. he damnabe buzzng n s ears woud noreen, and s nose was s weepng bood wc nobody ad deemed oacknowedge.

Fty-wo komeres and approacng! e Auspex Oicer soued agan.

U, orward guns olne, por baeres olne. Power a 3%, a Gunnery Oicersoued n a surprsed voce, wen Aeks dd no.

Bu Fuden wasn senng. Ony e brdge ad power now, and e majory oa was rapdy adng gng. Bu e Capan coud s see Aekss murderousexpresson. Hs and crep owards s snub-nosed auopso, and jus en sFrs Oicer began runnng.

hrone! was a Fuden managed beore Aekss ands ound s roa. heauopso banged oudy n s and as e so rom s was, bu e roundsseemed o ave no efec on e Frs Oicer as ey expoded ou e back o s

navy bue unorm, bood and pees o es sappng ono e cod grng oe oor.

Ge s boody madman of me! e gurged, s ace urnng red. More boodran rom s nose, and s ears as we bu s nsgncan voume was nongon Aekss, wos very ace was a red mask. Hs ee eered ou rom bend edrbbng vsor o crmson, and s eyes were e deepes, maevoen back.

Bood or e Bood God! e roared n an numan wo-one, and Fuden es badder reaen o empy se. He desperaey umbed on e u auoswc on e pso, and emped amos e enre magazne no Aekss orso.

Broken rbs and gsenng grse bucked ouwards un e man was e morean a spne rom e base o s rbcage o e base o s roa ye s andss gened around Fudens wndppe.

I was s Senor Vox Oicer, a man by e name o Danncks, wo saved m.Someow unafeced by e spe a ad ransxed e remander o e brdgecrew, e rpped a eng o cooan ppng rom e wa , gnorng e acd burns gave m, and sammed e end o e poe roug Aekss ead. he brassrod eruped roug e Frs Oicers backened eyeba, and e man coapsed,

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amos pung Fuden down w m.

he Capan coked and couged arsy as e rged mse, e buzzngamos noerabe n s ears. He spa bood ono e oor, and broug a andup o s ears, probng e aemorragng aura canas.

Are you arg sr? Danncks asked, eanng orward sgy en suddenyrecong n orror as e ooked no s Capans eyes.

hey were n ac, e as ng e SVO saw, beore e back o s sku wasbown wde open by e as o e rounds n Fudens pso.

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Weve os conac w e Glory, sr, s Auspex Oicer soued.

Gran cosed s eyes brey. Fuden may ave been an arse, bu e was a damnne Capan.

I wan e Caos son o a bc wo desroyed , e growed, que orgeng

ey ad a power core ockdown and were sowy beng oumanoeuvred by wosmaer crusers. And I wan em n-

O no sr, sorry sr, es no dead. Weve jus os conac w m. Long rangevox s down sr. Our own power oss cerany sn epng.

Gran gave e man a ook a woud srp pan of a rgaes u, and eraseda senmen abou Fuden rom s mnd. I a damnabe man d dn ave edecency o ge mse oosy ked n bae, en Gran sure by e hronewoudn spend any more me nkng abou m.

Arg, Mubern! Fu power o engnes, od ere and wa or my sgna. Iese Arcenemy basards wan o pay dry, we gve em dr y.

Yes sr, I woud sr s jus e pow-

Jus sck as muc o our boody remanng power no e engnes, and od ere!

Aye aye, sr, very good sr, Mubern sad bu sgy oo sueny. he Fee

Admras rage m ke a Banebade on a Sunday.

Lsen o me, and sen n good, e snared, n suc way a ony a engymonoogue coud ensue. I am e Fee Admra. I worked ong and ard oge were I am oday. I am a beer acician an a o you even e bloodyaccans. I know my own sp. I know wa can and can do. Now I esomeone- anyone o ake our remanng power, however lile here migh be let,and od n e engnes, a man w obey my orders, or by e God EmperorHmse, I rp ou s arynx roug s arseoe and srange m w ! Iss cear?

I cerany was cear. In ac, was e ceares ng anyone ad ever eard.

Yes sr, Mubern sad, peraps no as aken aback as e soud ave been.

Yes SIR! Gran eccoed, nay eanng back no s see rone and enge bood dran rom s ace. Damnabe crewmen, e muered.

Enemy crusers one undred and ory-nne komeres and cosng, approacspeed, soued Auspex nervousy.

I was a s pon n me Equerry Grece rsked a gance back o e FeeAdmra, saw e was no mood o be asked quesons, and nsead decded o eavee brdge wou permsson.

He go ree seps.

Wereareyougong? Gran asked m, sowy, ye w so muc anger ereaened o mpode e sp.

he orred ade de camp aered. I was j-jus, u, gong o organse a , erm

Enemy crusers a ry komeres, sowng o aack speed. Rangng...

Organse a wa? Gran undered.

Grece was orrby aware a everyone on e brdge was wacng m. Sooneror aer, someone was gong o noce e pac o boody urne seepng no sbreeces. And ere was nong n e Imperum o Man a woud make mask o go o e oe. No n e ea o bae.

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A eam of, u, men o-

Tweny komeres, aack speed, Auspex soued, as opeessy and dejecedyas any sane uman woud ave oug possbe.

God-Emperor, man, be gone, Gran sad w a lck o s gaune. I ave woCaos crusers o prosecue.

Power a 13% and sabe, Mubern soued. Grece qucky and quey exede brdge. Um, power rsnga 28% - 36% - 40%!

Wa? Gran asked.

Ten komeres, aack speed! Auspex soued w a e more enusasm.

Power rsng sr, and as!

Wa abou e power core? e Fee Admra sad, surprsed, I oug yousad ere was someng n ?

here s s!

SIR! Engnes soued, as e Caos crusers overapped em.

hrone! Gran beowed, as e rs Arcenemy broadsdes e vod.Hard down! Hard down now!

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Fuden gasped and srugged as s roa red o open as uy as was consdered

norma by e apoecares. He was s on e brdge e guessed, judgng bye varous ummngs o consoes and eecroncs sacks bu a was abou ae coud guess.

For now e was opeessy bnd.

he aemp on s e by s Caos-possessed Frs Oicer ad been sockng,yes, and a mon quesons crcuaed s bran. Bu even more roubng wasa e ad ked, e now suspeced, e man wo ad saved m, nkng e

was anoer Korne erec.

Saus repor! e soued roug a beedng mou. No answer. Hs crackedps sp open, and e spa ou a cp o oo ename. Someone!

A one, du aarm waed no e an aarm Fuden knew beer an any oer,and an aarm e dreaded more an anyng.

He was beng mapped probaby by e ree desroyers s Auspex Oicer adod m abou.

Emperor save us

He guessed e was n e same poson e ad been n upon s aack, andakng s bearngs rom ere, ran o e em, s boo ees econg oudy ofe mea gr ng. He e e posed wooden wee n s bood-scked ngers,oug were e emsman was, e ad no dea. He en rus a and ou o srg and grpped e pc ever, jammng orward. Hs somac coursed wadrenane as e Gory swung downwards, nose rs, owards e pane beow.

he aarm abrupy sopped, and e coud ear e du crump o muledexposons above e sp were e ad been ess an en second beore.

W bo ands, e grpped e pc ever once more and eaved back as ard ase coud, ryng w a s mg o au e cruser ou o s nosedve, gaspngw e efor. he cacopony o aarms a ad warned m o s pungngaso abrupy ceased.

I was ony en e suddeny reased a e power was back on. And e damnbuzzng n s ears ad sopped.

Wa e? e breaed o e rgenngy empy ampeare. GodEmperor, bu e wsed e coud see. No ony were a sysems nexpcaby backonne, e aso ad no dea were e was n reaon o e res o e ee. hroneknew ow ar ed gone down a undred k omeres or a e coud guess.

And en a oug sruck m; e coud nd e vox, e coud ake sposonng of anoer sp.

Tearng across e oor once agan, s ands ousreced, e ound e Frs

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Oicers das by fang eadong no , amos saerng s sku on e mearang, and eaded et o e communcaons cenre. He snaced up eeadse and scrabbed over e das o nd e auoune uncon. He ogged upwards, eeng a cracke o sac n s boody ears a was anoer ng.Hs aca orces ad ceased er beedng.

Wings o Varagar, go aead Gory, a nasa voce, made meac by e naure oe ong range vox, sounded n s ear.

Mayday, mayday! e soued n a oarse voce, pung e mou pece awayas e couged. I am yng bnd, I repea, I am yng bnd, reques sp sausand posonng!

One second sr, e Vox Oicer reped.

Fuden e s ead coapse no s arms n ree. he vox cracked back no eweny seconds aer.

Divine Glory, you are 32 degrees coreward, pus weny degrees verca pc ona bearng 224-716-2803, speed eeven undred knos,

Fuden dd a quck cacuaon. He was eadng upwards, away o e gaaccwes o e bae, very, very quck y.

He rew e eadse down, runnng back over o e em. He grabbed e pcever, and eased down weny degrees. Incomng orpedo warnngs waed noe as soon as e dd so.

Brace or mpac! e soued on mpuse, weeng e em round. WouEngnes o cu e power, e woud be raveng n a uge ousand komerearc. He began o weep as e opeessness o s suaon dawned on m.

I ddn ep a e buzzng n s ears ad sared agan.

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he bae above Omcron Sepmus was movng, and was movng as. Areadywo sps down, o e enemys our, e 701s Impera baegroup desperaeysoug o une n aack ormaon crusers o orm e gun ne, escors nsuppor; bu ey were scaered o e wnd. Fee Magser Pusra may ave

been an abomnaon o Caos , bu e cerany knew wa e was dong.As soon as e na nsysem savo o orpedoes, e ad arranged s ee noa spearp, spng e manoeuvrng Imperas no wo groups one o our,one o sx, and casng em up w amos admrabe aack ormaons o sown.

Amos.

her one weakness was e Caos escors reucance o eave e False Emperorssde undersandaby. he sp was more an a mac or any Impera vesse,and e very sg o coud srp a cruser o morae aser an an axe o es.

Bu mean a nsead o oowng sandard excange nes beween crusers,e Arcenemy were eavng e bgger sps o go a one meanng e Imperaormaons, were ey coud make em, coud pck em of one by one.

O course, e more sensbe crusers doubed up and pncered; bu w ypcaKorne boodus, e remander dd no.

And e 701s were makng sure ey pad or .

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Hard down was no a peasan manoeuvre o undergo. I nvoved sendng esp n queson pungng nose rs no e endess deps o e vod, a gspeeds, n order o avod beng crpped. I was an emergency move, nvened bywoever decded a mass red-ous and vomng were good ngs, as we aspung an mmense sran on e backburners or e subsequen nera st.

Bu or Fee Admra Gran, was curreny e bes eeng n e word. Tweve

komeres above em and counng, e wo pncerng Caos crusers, unabeo do anyng bu accep er ae, expoded as masses o eavy ordnancesammed no e sde o eac one. he ack o oxygen mean a e ames wereony abe o expand as ar as e sps nerna amosperes woud aow, bu was s an mpressve sg, as e ou uks o e Arcenemy dsnegraedno sreamers o sag.

Arg! e soued, ckng s ps. Howre we dong, Frs Oicer?

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Power a 89%, sr, Mubern reped cauousy, s no avng forgoen smasers vruen emper.

You were eng me wa was appenng n e power core?

Yes sr, erm, I was jus nkngmaybe we soud ak n prvae?

Gran auged ou oud as e Tian Imperialswung back up far enoug awayfrom e g o gve em some breang space.

And were woud you ke me o go? e Fee Admra sad, ndcang e seerone. Hem! Ge us back o formaon!

Wc one, sr? e crewman asked back. We ave wo operaonaformaons.

Wcevers coses, Gran snapped. Was on your mnd, Mubern?

We sr, e Frs Oicer sad, seppng forward ou of e das and wakng upo e Fee Admras command car. Hs ead ony jus reaced e op of e

mans kneecaps. Imcerainly no exper, bu...we, s jus ooks ke...

Gran saw e man esae, and fe s frusraon bud agan. Te me man!e excamed.

I ooks ke Warp inererence, sr.

In e power core! e Fee Admra scofed. Don be rdcuous Mubern,s sp sn aned!

We sr, s no ony a sr s jus wen your equerry et, sr, I saw m

beedng,

And?

We ere are sores, sr e sgmaa o e Arcenemy, e beedng andngs, sr. heyre a marks o...we, oKhorne, sr.

Careu Frs Oicer, Gran warned, s ace darkenng. You sound oo earnedo ese ngs, or a nava crewman.

No sr! Mubern sad, genuney aken aback. Im no, Ive jus eard ngs sr,sores and suc.

Rumours, nong more, Gran sad dsmssvey. he Frs Oicer ookedunconvnced, and e sged.Mubern, I wan you opu ese ngs rom your ead, e sad evenuay.Concenrae now, on e ask a and. Youre a damn ne oicer, and I can aveyou payng any eed o ese...sy gos sores.

O course, sr, e Frs Oicer reped, reucany. He urned o eave, bu ecoudn conan mse.

Sr, a exacy e same momen as wen Grece et e brdge e power everose agan, e bured.

Hm, Gran sad w an unconcerned gesure o s and, now opeessypreoccuped w e ooscreens n ron o m depcng opma rajecoreso jon e ormaon n ron.

Bu wa abou e power core, sr?Gran sged and somewere on e sp, severa seam graes vened.

Vermn o some knd, probaby cewed roug a power condu. I send anadep ASAP. Now pease, Mubern, pu rom your mnd and ge back o yoursaon.

* * *

Fuden wep desperaey now, e ears say o e ase, as e eaved e em

un ocked o sarboard. he buzzng n s ears was unbearabe, causng mo cew compeey roug s ower p. Bood ran rom e res wound nber rvues down s cn and soaked no e op o s swea-soaked navyunorm, and s neck ad broken ou n deep purpe and grey brusng.

Despe s njures, owever, n s me aone ed ad a cance o nk awas, ater ree Caos orpedoes ad umped no s por seds and sen mof s ee and peced ogeer e suaon as bes e coud.

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he spawn n s power core mus ave reurned w e ransaon o eCaos ee, anks o e resy canneed Warp energes. he very naure oCaos se woud ave made Aeks, n s embered sae, and easy arge,and e abomnaon n e cenre o s sp woud ave ony srengened sFrs Oicers resove o muny. Bu now a e was dead, e power ad comeonne agan. And a, Fuden coudn expan. he brdge conaned no majorpower suppy or e sp ony e power core conaned enoug energy o,wen dsruped, su down enre conro sysems. he dea o s Frs Oicersoudn ave made a dference o e eecronc sysems o e Gory.

Bu en agan, maybe adn. God Emperor knew ow ong ed been ou codor ater e aack. Maybe e power ad ony come onne a second beore edreganed conscousness.

He snored.

Supd, e ound mse sayng aoud. I ddn maer now a s crewmen,as ar as e coud e, were dead or mssng.

I e power ad come onne a ong me ater Aeks ad ded, en e ony

oer expanaon was a waever ad been n s power core ad snce vacaed.

Wc coud ony ave been a good ng

Even beore e Caos spawn ad smased roug e ck bukead o eouer command cenre, Fuden was runnng owards e vox consoe as as as segs woud carry m, empyng s badder as e wen.

* * *

Weve reaced e rs ormaon, sr, Auspex soued as e spred andcreneaed orms o wo crusers, ree rgaes and a desroyer odng Imperaaack paern one a md-ancor ed e man ooscreen n ron o Gransace.

I ake us n, e Fee Admra sad, eeng e sgy dmnsed power romer prmary pasma core ng e drec neura nerace. Images o e nkybackness o space ed s vson, sudded by a mon-sar ve and e dsanred smears o Caos sps. he erocy o er aack seemed o be concenraed

on e second ormaon, e res urkng around e False Emperorke maggosover warm mea. he 701s ad punsed em cruey or no akng adequaeormaons, and Fee Magser Pusra ad evdeny decded o reorm.

he Tian Imperialsowy gded upwards, propeed by s secondary rusers,and Gran ook aong e curved predced rajecory nes o e g compuerperecy. I cu back speed, counerng e ascenson w a ew burss rom ereverse rusers, and ed seady ty-our komeres coreward o e Wrah oTermina, a Dauness cass g cruser.

Aack ormaon prooco seveneen naed, Gran sad o e sps o Imperaaack paern one, a nd receved a smear o overappng acknowedgemens.Now, e e Caos basards come, e growed.

* * *

Fuden scrabbed desperaey a e vox conros, ndng e rbbed unng dasw s rembng ngers. He a screamed as anoer cras ecoed rouge sp. he ng was geng coser, and e reced n ear, e cunky messsappng ono e grng nex o s boos no a e cared.

He pued e eadse on, ryng o nd e Fee Admra roug e cannes.W a e ner-sp vox caer, was provng o be exremey dicu. Soarsac wasn epng eer.

Crash anoer bukead orn asde. he orryng roar o e spawn wasedroug e command cenre.

Fuden was weepng voeny now, ou o seer error. he ac a e coudn seee spawn was peraps even more erryng. Hs bowes oosed and adrenanerpped roug s sysem unconroaby, makng s movemens saky and

dicu.

Wings o Varagar, go aead Glory, sad e same nasa voce agan bu muc,muc aner. Do you wan me o poson you agan sr as a wde angeyouve go. I recommend course cange youre gong o oversoo aack paern2 and ead ou or open space.

Pac me roug o e Fee Admra! e screamed as e oug o openspace m, Pac me roug NOW!

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Fee Magser Pusra, frusraed w e ack of progress s crusers weremakng, decded o move e False Emperorn o bae. Surrounded by a coud ofswrng escors, eaded for Impera aack paern wo a group of one Lunar-cass and one Dauness-cass crusers and anoer frgae odng md ancorover e pane. he Divine Glory s connued on s wde, eeven undred knoparaboa, and seemed o ave been overooked by e Caos ee.

he rs engagemen ased ony weny-wo mnues w e Lunar-casscruser, e Seadas, rng of s ances oo eary and soong wde o encomng rabbe odng skrms ormaon, and e Wings o Varagaravngo desperaey compensae w a savo o orpedoes ws bo sps coudmanoeuvre o broadsdes.

Bu despe ese base msakes, e orward aack pary o Caos desroyersakng e brun o e crusers wra were punsed cruey, and wdrew aterree were desroyed ourg, er severed uks eakng uds and amospere

no e vod n grea geysers o vapour. Ws spen baeres reoaded andseds recarged, e rgae, e Imperial Huner, cased down and desroyedanoer Arcenemy escor, soakng up s weak seds w g ordnance beoreandng a orpedo n s sarboard engne. he vesse bew no smereens.

I seemed o ave e desred efec on e Caos spearp, wc broke of andbunced o deence ormaon a was, un e False Emperoruery smasedasde one o s own escors ou o seer rusraon, and e ee reormed noaack paern. Forward baeres o Pusras agsp made g work o eHuneras srugged o ge back o ormaon, and e teen-srong Caos eeadvanced nexoraby onwards Impera aack paern wo, amds vas cunks o

e Huners arcecure.

Wc et e wo remanng crusers no opon bu o se er ves as dearyas ey coud.

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Sr! I ave Capan Fuden on e ne, a secondary pac rom e Varagar. He

says e as an urgen message or you, Grans SVO soued, ceary perurbedby e sae o e man on e oer end o e ne.

Muncpa, pease, e Fee Admra sad, revewng e ooscreens n ron os ace. I don ave me or prvae conversaons.

Aye sr, e man sad, and a bre crackng and was o sac payed across emuncpa address sysem.

My L-ord? Sr s a you? came a gbberng, sorry excuse or a voce rom enk.

Gran suddeny abandoned e ooscreens and urned s undvded aenonowards s SVO. Never ad e eard suc a seasoned Capan as Fuden soundso damnedrighened. He amos e revuson a e enrey aen emoon.

Cean a sgna up, e snapped.

I can sr, s over wo ousand komeres away! e SVO proesed.

Wa n e name o e Emperor s e payng a? e Fee Admra growed,beore depressng e ransm buon on e op o e arm on s see rone.Go aead Fuden. hs ad beer be boody good.

O G-God Emperor! Fuden suddeny screamed a e sound o s masersvoce. Sr eres a s-s-spawn on my sou ave o ep me! My Frs Oicerdme, es dea! My woe crews mss!

For hrones sake somebody ge me a beer ne! Gran roared. Fuden, camdown son, was appened? My Vox es me youre over wo ousand komeresaway,

he sounds o Fudens voen sobbng preceded e nex broadcas, and a n ueryerryng, mu-one roar sabbed across e nk, makng many o s crewmennc. he Vox Oicers consoe brey os power w e Warp nererence,and one o e asropas cred ou n pan.

My w-woe c-crews dead, ord! My Frs Oicer ned on me, I -ad o k !S-spawn ed of e pasma n e powerore! I was n my power core!

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Grans superuman bood ran cod. Hs eyes ocked w s Frs Oicers.

Fuden, sen o me and sen carefuy, e sad. You need o brng e sparound. I can ony ep you f you ead back for formaon.

Is oo ae sr, Im bnI-Im lyng by myse anoer oud crackngreaened o sever e nk enrey.

Were osng sgna, Vox soued.

Ive go m! Auspex soued rumpany. Hes egeen undred komeresgaacc noreas, eadng 197 degrees spnward, verca pc pus zero-pon-one degrees on a bearng 101-997-003, one ousand n ree knos,

hrone, Gran wspered. Fuden, can you ear me?

..PEROR, PLEASE HELP ME! came e Capans sranged cry, beore e nkcracked w sac, and a ow monoone um ed e muncpa address.

Sr! Bo e Steadfastand Varagarreques mmedae ad! Aack paern wo

ounumbered! Esmaed remanng sed negry a weny-sx mnues andfang!

A surge of adrenane curned e Fee Admras somac. He ran a ousandeven scenaros based on er curren suaon roug s ead n e bnk ofan eye, and decded on a course of acon.

Arg, everybodys aenon, now! e beowed no e ampeare. Vox!Prorse e Glorys sgna, no excuses! Transcrbe everyng you ear andrepor back o me. Gran swveed s ead o e et o e ampeare.Engnes; make ready o move, u aead by u. Hem! Se course, bearng 016-

798-302, 3 degrees spnward, verca pc pus 0.1.

A corus o unquesonng ayes answered m.

Vox, e oowng message pease, Impera aack paern one; a sps o moven suppor o aack paern wo, skrms ormaon, prooco our. Commanddeegaed o Rear-Admra Wnceser or e me beng, on my auory. I sabe w you a ASAP. Aways remember! Every sp os s en ousand sous oe Emperors as! And ws e onour may be grea, I nk we coud a pu

em o beer use n s e! e paused. he Emperor proecs.

Hs SVO gave m e umbs up. Message sen and acknowedged sr.

Exceen, Gran breaed. Engnes, u aead by u, you ave your sebearng,

Aye aye sr,

Gran paused, seemngy deberang s nex words. he power core sovered a an annoyng 89%, and Fudens words ad ced m more an edbeen ready o adm. here was deney someng bad gong on. Hs mgy,drecy-ardwred buk coud ee .

Frs Oicer! e sad ater a sor pause, s mnd made up.

Yes sr? Mubern urned o e Fee Admra rom s das, grppng e ra nron o m w sweay ss.

Take wo squads o armsmen, e paused agan. No, ree, ake ree. He

exaed oudy. As qucky as you can, nvesgae e power core. I be on ene you need me.

Mubern guped, bu s ace was one o resove. Aye sr. Very good sr.

And Mubern?

Yes sr?

Fnd me Grece.

* * *

I was sen nsde e arne cubce bock. Dank, grey mea panes, drppngw ou uds, ormed a rank o en, eac w rusng basns pped w somevery dubous pumbng sk on e wa oppose. Vermn ran reey over eoorng, and everywere was e snk o aeces and urne.

Equerry Grece, ade de camp o e Fee Admra and nava crewman o enyears, sa on e arnsed see arne sea, breeces round s ankes, and

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groaned. Hs somac urced voeny s way and a, and s ead ammeredw an nense eadace, a errbe buzzng ng s ears.

Urg, e moaned, sava droong from s laccd ps. He reced, wce, reemes, bu nong bu boody be was et, e snkng crmson mess drbbngdown s cn. Bood aso rcked rom s nose n nermen gous, and ewped away wen e wasn concerned w cucng s eavng gus.

So mucbood, e mumbed o mse roug crackng ps, so...mucbood,

A orrbe convuson saw someng sot and red sap no e oe bow,oowed by a seres o sckenng and numan sounds. Hs somac dd anoersomersau, and e reced agan. Beads o perspraon were drppng rom soreead as s brow screwed up n pan. More bood rcked rom e cornerso s eyes. Hs unorm was n suc a mess aready a e no onger cared wauds were sprayed ono . here was ony pan. Bood and pan.

Acceeraon warnngs brey sounded over e muncpa vox or a eas, as wa e ook em o be. He coudn ear propery w a e buzzng n s

ears.

Khorne.

Grece snapped s ead upwards, wsng e adn wen s somac e ke was aaced o s cn by a rope.

Wos ere? e asked, begnnng o cry. Wo sad a?

Sence.

He wmpered, eeng orougy sorry or mse. He cred ou n pan asanoer convuson racked s body, ery endrs spreadng ou roug sbood vesses. Hs ear was gong weny o e dozen, and e as oug woud burs ou o s sernum a any second.

Khorne.

he damned nose agan! Whos here? e soued roug e pan barrer,cencng s ee as e nevabe atersock wased roug s sysem.

And en came s a nswer.

In ron o m, a grea ncson appeared n e abrc o space and me, gpourng roug e exra-maera dmenson despe e rt remanngmpossby back, and Grece seded s eyes. he pan became so nense ereced agan, more bood spasng over s unc. he ear was growng wderand wder, encapsuang e cubce, surroundng m. He coud ear a monvoces a n s ead a once, and a buzzng so oud reaened o burs seardrums.

Khorne, e rt sad, oowed by a errbe crescendo o;BloodorheBloodGodBloodorheBloodGodBloodorheBloodGod!BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!

he canng reaced a errbe cmax, bu jus wen Grece reaced e cusp osany, sopped as suddeny as ad sared, and an uneasy sence ensued.

He opened s eyes. he Warp rt ad gone, and someng ad deney comeroug e coud ee s presence n ron o m.

Wos ere? e wspered, or wa woud be e as me, despe e pangnawng a s nnards. He wep bery as e nvsbe presence moved owardsm, s breang ceary audbe, econg n e cramped cubce.

Grece began o scream as wo bood-red, deepy maevoen eyes appeared ne ar n ron o m, sory oowed by a grea, eerng mou swarmng wes.

Blood or he Blood God, I wspered w a grn.

Grece screamed as ore no s es.

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Bg Mh Vby CELS [Anargo Sector Project]

To play bales wh he Navs Mercanls n Bale leet Gotic, youre going to need miniatures to represent te mercant vesses, of course. As it appens,Games Worksop and Forgeword produce a ot of ovey modes aready. he basic freigters from Games Worksop coud easiy be used to represent cippersor freigters, wie system sips can be used to represent caraves. he eavy transports sod by Forgeword can be used to represent gaeons or carracks. If you

want bigger transports, or if you want some more variety in your mercant leet, youre going to ave to convert some miniatures!

Example 1: Galleon sprint trader

You w need:

- 1 Monor sp (sod by Games Worksop)- 1 Impera cruser u and 2 Impera aunc bays- 1 Caos cruser brdge and anennae- 2 Cada paern asguns from Warammer 40,000

Assored pascard and bz for decoraon and gap-ing.

Step 1: Use e boom a o e Impera cruseru. Cu e monor sp n a, usng s u aspar o e cruser u and keep s prow separae.

Step 3: Cu of e spky bs on e aunc bays andcover e empy oes w pascard.

Step 5: Cu a Cadan asgun no ny peces. Cuaway some o e dorsa in and nser a brdge ore sp.

Step 2: Inser a 2 mm pascard pae n e cenero e Impera crusers pasc u. I soud iperecy.

Step 4: Gue a auncbay on eac sde o e cenerpascard. Aac e prow.

Step 6: Inser e asgun bz n e gap beween emonor sp u and e Impera cruser u.

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Example 2: Super heavy barge

You w need:

- Pascard of dferen cknesses (e.g. 2mm, 1mmand 0.5 mm)

- 2 sandard Impera crusers- 6 Impera ance baeres, 6 Impera aunc bays

(bu preeraby 12)- Brdge rom Impera or Caos modes.- Los o varous oer bz!

he process o converng s sp was ncredby compcaed, so dong a sep-by-sep gude woud requre our or ive pages. Furermore, woud probaby beponess because suc arge converson projecs are aways gong o requre a arb o creavy and mprovsaon anyway! hus, I presen ese ew mages as asmpe exampe o ow one can creae a super-eavy barge, a garganuan mercanvesse bgger even an e baesps o e Impera Navy!

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Cv Bby CELS [Anargo Sector Project]

In tis scenario, an Imperia mercant convoy is en route to its destination, carrying enormous amounts of vauabe cargo, wen a arge enemy leet appears andbegins to engage. Wie initiay trying to avoid batte in order to protect its cargo, te Imperia convoy is eventuay trapped and must defend itsef. he attackersmust destroy as many Imperia transports as possibe before te batte is over.

Forceshe Impera convoy may ave any number oranspor sps, eac w a dferen ransporcapacy. However, or every 100 pons o maryvesses (usng e Impera Navy, Adepus Asares,Rogue Trader or Adepus Mecancus ss), econvoy mus ave 1,5 ranspor capacy pons. Forexampe, n a game o 2000 pons, e convoy mus

ave 30 ranspor capacy pons dvded beweens ranspors. hese 30 pons coud be dvdedamongs iteen regers, ree eavy barges or a varey o oer seecons. Any upgrades made oe ranspors coun woud be ncuded n ese2000 pons. he aacker as an equa amoun oons as e deender, e Impera convoy.

Battlezonehe convoy may be aacked anywere, even norb o s desnaon or pon o deparure. Oten,convoys w be aacked n deep space, jus as eyemerge rom e warp. Any meod or pacngceesa penomena wc can be muuay agreedupon by e payers s accepabe.

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Set-uphe aacker mus sp s orces so a beween25% and 50% o s lee (cacuaed n erms o poncos, no number o sps) beongs o aack group Aand e res beongs o aack group B. he aackerirs depoys aack group B, en e Imperaconvoy depoys and inay e aack depoys aackgroup A. Noe a a sps n eac depoymen

zone mus ace e same drecon, as ndcaed ne depoymen map.Aack group B and A may be depoyed up o 30 cmrom er sor abe edge, and e Impera convoymay be depoyed anywere on e abeop, bu nown 30 cm o e enemy.

he se-up represens aack group B casng econvoy no e jaws o aack group A.

Game lengthhe bae connues un eer lee as dsengagedor been desroyed.

Victory conditionsNauray, e success or aure o e convoydepends on ow many ranspors survve e aack.Cacuae e percenage o survvng ranspors

based on ranspor capacy pons. Crppedranspors coun as avng os a er cargo (.e.ranspor capacy pons), roundng down.

0% survva he enre convoy as been annaed,and e deea s a major bow o e Navs Mercansand e many Impera words, armes and leesawang suppes.

30% survva Mos o e convoy s desroyed, bue Impera lee s abe o drve away e aackers.he aackers are vcorous, oug peraps no o

e exen a ey ad oped.

60% survva We some sps ave been osor sgnicany damaged, e Impera escors areabe o avod dsaser and deend er vuneraberanspors. he convoy w reac s desnaonw mos o s suppes nac.

90% survva he convoy s vruay unscaed,despe e erocy o e aack. he aackers avesufered a crca deea, as er sps ave been

eer os or bady damaged and e Impera convoyas no been sopped rom reacng s desnaon.he Emperor proecs!

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First turnEac payer ros a dce and e payer w e gerscore may coose weer o go irs or second.

Special rulesIn s scenaro, e aackers ave successuybroug e Impera convoy o bae. Someaackng sps are kep n reserve a a dsance,

opng o un down any leeng ranspors a avedsengaged and sp away. Knowng a er bescances or survva e n mananng ormaon,no even e capans o e Navs Mercans wdsengage rom s ba e uness orced. To represens, e ranspors n e Impera convoy mayony dsengage ey ave been crpped. I abe odsengage successuy, s assumed a ey avemade o saey (see Vcory condons). A oersps on eer sde may dsengage as norma.

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