"Okay Jervis, let's get this over with, there's a lot going on right now."
"Very good sir, but I would like to point out that there is a lot going on out there and busy or not, you need to hear what I have to say. As you are able to see from the attachments, the territory firmly under control by the Dragon cult continues to grow, despite intense counter-efforts on our part."
<silence>
"Very well Jervis, proceed."
"Very good sir, but I would like to point out that there is a lot going on out there and busy or not, you need to hear what I have to say. As you are able to see from the attachments, the territory firmly under control by the Dragon cult continues to grow, despite intense counter-efforts on our part."
<silence>
"Very well Jervis, proceed."
"Right. Please turn to Page 1 of your briefing, sir. Well, first off, the capitol was rocked by what could only be described as a small war in the area labeled "Inquisition Cordon". Apparently, something, and I say something because we don't know what it is or was, triggered an Inquisitorial intervention which resulted in several square kilometers being cordoned off by troops answering only to an Inquisitor Iapetus. One of our servitors, um, happened to drift over part of the secured area before we lost contact with it, but from the reduced quality vid images that were streamed in, there also were definitely one and perhaps two groups of Astartes armored groups present as well."
"Jervis, what the feth is going on here? How is it that bloody Astartes are walking around OUR capitol and we don't have a clue as to what is going on? How do you explain that?"
"Lord Commander, we have had suspicions regarding Astartes operations for several months now, but without any formal declaration of operations, nor any liaison staff or chain of command present, we have no one to question as to what is going on. We don't even know which chapter or chapters are present. No one, and I repeat, no one is talking to us. These events are occurring at the whims of forces we do not control and apparently they do not feel obligated to discuss with us, what they are doing here."
The Lord Commander retorted, "I ask you again Jervis, how is that possible? We are the planetary authorities are we not? How can they just ignore us?"
"Because they don't need us, my Lord. Plain and simple, they don't need us."
<silence>
The obviously irritated commander, "Well Jervis, what else don't we know? Hmm?"
"Jervis, what the feth is going on here? How is it that bloody Astartes are walking around OUR capitol and we don't have a clue as to what is going on? How do you explain that?"
"Lord Commander, we have had suspicions regarding Astartes operations for several months now, but without any formal declaration of operations, nor any liaison staff or chain of command present, we have no one to question as to what is going on. We don't even know which chapter or chapters are present. No one, and I repeat, no one is talking to us. These events are occurring at the whims of forces we do not control and apparently they do not feel obligated to discuss with us, what they are doing here."
The Lord Commander retorted, "I ask you again Jervis, how is that possible? We are the planetary authorities are we not? How can they just ignore us?"
"Because they don't need us, my Lord. Plain and simple, they don't need us."
<silence>
The obviously irritated commander, "Well Jervis, what else don't we know? Hmm?"
Taking a pause to calm himself, Jervis replied, "If you will turn to Pg 4 sir, I think you'll be very interested to see something else we don't know."
The commander looked at his handout and then looked up, "It's a hole in the ground."
"Yes my Lord it is. There's just one problem. We didn't dig it. In fact as far as we can tell, nobody else did either. Also, where did all the...dirt go? You'll note that there are none of the typical signs around the general area indicating that an excavation has taken place."
Stymied, the commander looked back down at his handout before turning the page.
"These are more holes."
The commander looked at his handout and then looked up, "It's a hole in the ground."
"Yes my Lord it is. There's just one problem. We didn't dig it. In fact as far as we can tell, nobody else did either. Also, where did all the...dirt go? You'll note that there are none of the typical signs around the general area indicating that an excavation has taken place."
Stymied, the commander looked back down at his handout before turning the page.
"These are more holes."
"Yes My Lord. They appear to be cropping up in multiple locations somehow without anyone in proximity able to tell what is going on. We've been able to gather a few reports from the local population claiming that the ground trembled and that there was a flash of light, but other than that, we have nothing to point to the cause."
"Well, this has been quite an entertaining afternoon Jervis, is there anything else you'd like to share?"
"Yes, My Lord. Something more tangible for us, but no less troubling. I suppose the upside is that we know who we're involved with."
"Oh, so you do have some useful information after all. What might that be?"
"Multiple PDF armories were broken into and a large quantity of Regular Astra Militarum equipment was stolen. We are still inventorying the losses, but it certainly appears that a significant number of heavy weapons, artillery, ammunition, and several vehicles were removed. Based on the early reports from Forensics, they have been able to confirm that the propaganda leaflets and other materiel match up with previously acquired samples from the Children of the Dragon operations."
The Lord Commander, sputtered, "H-how is that possible? Those sites are heavily guarded by what I thought were reasonably competent security teams. What the feth happened?"
Jervis paused for a very long time before replying, "We don't know. We have not been able to locate a single individual from the security teams. It is as if they just vanished. All of them."
The Lord Commander barely controlling his rage, abruptly stood up, threw his briefing materials across the room at Jervis, and stomped out of the briefing room.
"Well, this has been quite an entertaining afternoon Jervis, is there anything else you'd like to share?"
"Yes, My Lord. Something more tangible for us, but no less troubling. I suppose the upside is that we know who we're involved with."
"Oh, so you do have some useful information after all. What might that be?"
"Multiple PDF armories were broken into and a large quantity of Regular Astra Militarum equipment was stolen. We are still inventorying the losses, but it certainly appears that a significant number of heavy weapons, artillery, ammunition, and several vehicles were removed. Based on the early reports from Forensics, they have been able to confirm that the propaganda leaflets and other materiel match up with previously acquired samples from the Children of the Dragon operations."
The Lord Commander, sputtered, "H-how is that possible? Those sites are heavily guarded by what I thought were reasonably competent security teams. What the feth happened?"
Jervis paused for a very long time before replying, "We don't know. We have not been able to locate a single individual from the security teams. It is as if they just vanished. All of them."
The Lord Commander barely controlling his rage, abruptly stood up, threw his briefing materials across the room at Jervis, and stomped out of the briefing room.
+++ ALL POINTS BULLETIN +++
+++ SECURITY LEVEL: EMERALD +++
+++ INQUISITORIAL OVERRIDE +++
+++ TRANSMISSION START +++
+++ SECURITY LEVEL: EMERALD +++
+++ INQUISITORIAL OVERRIDE +++
+++ TRANSMISSION START +++
BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL. NAMES USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBJECT ARE "EMISSARY" OR "TOTALITY". SUBJECT IS KNOWN TO ASSOCIATE WITH SUSPECTED CHILDREN OF THE DRAGON CULTISTS AS WELL AS NUMEROUS CRIME GUILDS. SUBJECT IS TO BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. REPEAT SUBJECT IS ARMED WITH UNKNOWN MANNER OF WEAPON OR WEAPONS AND IS CONSIDERED DANGEROUS. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT SUBJECT IS APPREHENDED ALIVE AND BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING BY ORDER OF THE INQUISITION. THEREFORE LOCAL ARBITES OR PDF RESOURCES ARE NOT TO ATTEMPT TO ARREST. IF LOCATED IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY INQUISITORIAL NODE 5987.3287.0057.51. IT WILL BE EXPECTED THAT LOCAL RESOURCES WILL SET UP A SECURITY CORDON AND CONTAIN ALL SUBJECTS. NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO ENTER OR LEAVE THE CORDONED AREA.
THE ATTACHED VID IMAGES ARE TO BE USED TO IDENTIFY SUBJECT.
THE ATTACHED VID IMAGES ARE TO BE USED TO IDENTIFY SUBJECT.
IAPETUS OUT
+++ ALL POINTS BULLETIN +++
+++ SECURITY LEVEL: EMERALD +++
+++ INQUISITORIAL OVERRIDE +++
+++ TRANSMISSION END +++
+++ SECURITY LEVEL: EMERALD +++
+++ INQUISITORIAL OVERRIDE +++
+++ TRANSMISSION END +++
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