Tau fleet defeated in battle over Dar Sai

“Speakeman? What’s all this talk about a Tau naval force heading our way? Good. If the Tau want a fight with the Imperial Navy, let’s give it to them. Maybe I can show those idiots at fleet headquarters that I deserve to be an admiral.“—Commodore Gadea Hennard, commander […]

Letter of Marque

It should be noted that although Rogue Traders are shipmasters who travel the vastness of space, their authority to do so comes not from a Merchant Charter, but rather a letter of appointment that elevates them to the authority equalling Space Marine Chapter Masters, Inquisitors and Planetary Governors. Some of the more ancient ones are […]

Warhammer 40K blog

A need for revenge

On a world unknown to Imperial cartographers, two Necrons—cybernetic beings of unfathomable age—stand atop a temple in the gloom of a thunderstorm. The falling rain bothers them not.  They are men of metal, not flesh. They feel no discomfort . . . nor any compassion. * * * […]

Karlson’s Killers ambush Tau

When last seen, Petrov Karlson, high mayor of Port Aruna on the agri-moon of Dar Sai, was fleeing the city after its fall to Tau invaders. Unable to reach the evacuation ships in the harbor, Konrad had fled out the east gate of the city—and found himself surrounded […]