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<p>Artisan Beta-3665a Longinous had been having a run of good luck. Chosen to go on a special Explorator mission lead by his mentor? Check. Chosen to captain one of the ships in the fleet? Check, even if it was a glorified shuttle.</p> <p>After a lengthy refit process to better serve the fleets repair needs and a crew of 19 of his friends and associates he had been successful in serving the needs of Explorator Fleet KZ-557-D of Stygies VIII. During the final warp jump to their destination the Lathe-Class Light Cruiser Luminous Beacon unexpectedly crashed into a spacehulk and had to make an emergency translation.</p> <p>The resulting devastation to the flagship of the fleet and absence of the rest of it leaves Beta all alone past the borders of the Imperium in a land bereft of the Omnissiah's light.</p> <p>Will the ingenuity that birthed the Mechanicus shine through despite the ragged edge Beta finds himself on or will he be guided by millennia of dogma?-------------------------------------------------------------------</p> <p>Description subject to some change. I'm not certain I've got all my lore right for both universes I've got jumbled up here but I hope the story is at least entertaining. I've tried writing before and haven't gotten to acceptable lengths to post anywhere and I hope to get there with this. A fun thing about this for me is I've rolled up the MC as a Rogue Trader character and Intend to use that and the Starwars D20 system to add some uncertainty and randomness to events in the story. I assure you most chapters will have a few dice rolls if the first is any indication.</p> <p>If you have an inclination to comment where you think a story like this should go, or where I should shove it please comment. I'm open to your comments. Keep in mind its my first story so please don't put too much expectation on me.</p> <p>A note on the grimdarkness/disturbing content and graphic violence. This is a first person story written from the perspective of a Tech-Priest of the Cult Mechanicus. Those guys lobotomize slaves and menials as a day job so they have a thrall to pull a door lever and they call it an automatic door. I'm pretty sure the coffee machines run by a similar logic. I am not going to hand wave these topics so be forewarned if that's not your thing.</p> <p>My grammar is also not the best but I work on it. If that upsets you all I ask is patience since I haven't really had to write much that wasn't a team effort in a decade.</p>
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