“Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both?—Lord Admiral Zaccarius Rath, hero of the Ganzona Rift * * * On 6 973 744.M41, the battle barge Emperor’s Fury, patrolling the outer planets of the Dozarian System, registered an […]
“Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I am attacking.”—General Ferdinand Foch at the Battle of the Marne, M2 * * * Continued from Part 1 . . . Not far away, Durand also saw the fight go out of his […]
“There is nothing like the call to General Quarters. The thunderous blare of claxons sounding, the clamor of running feet and shouting voices, the booming vibration of hatches slamming shut . . . it makes a navy man’s heart soar. The machine spirit of the ship stirs with […]
“All that matters is we have a battleship, and they have not.”—Commodore Cassoph Kephem at the Battle of the Scarlet Quadrinary System * * * Continued from Page 1 . . . Atlhough a little more than 400 meters long, the research station is a labyrinth of corridors […]
“If you want to protect a world, you want the Navis Imperialis. When you need the Imperial Guard or Astartes, it’s too late to protect your home from the evils of war. Only the Imperial Navy can keep the heretic, the traitor, or the xeno at a safe […]
Battalion Notice: At morning parade tomorrow, all personnel will be prepared to march to the south maintenance field for the execution of surviving members of 3rd Platoon, Delta Company, who have been found guilty of fleeing from the enemy. Attendance is mandatory. * * * What follows is […]
+ + There can be no forgiveness now. No penitence that will satisfy my sin. + + Confessions of Logic-Saint Levistian Iterative transcription recommenced . . .Incident: Blasphemy of Stormlord Pride of CadiaMagos Geringius Haym-Zik6 177 744,M31 Since learning that the Pride of Cadia has been lost to […]
“The problem with surviving was that you ended up with the ghosts of everyone you’d ever left behind riding on your shoulders.” —Paolo Bacigalupi, M2 philosopher * * * I survive yet another clusterf*** Private Journal, Pvt. Tyesha Levers Dated: 3 181 744.M41 I have been putting off […]
“The Kroot reveal the true barbarism of xeno life, It’s bad enough they’ll eat you if given half a chance, but a small portion of who you are becomes a part of them. It may just be genetic matter. But I see it as an affront . . […]
“That we, in our arrogance, believed that Humankind was first among the races of this galaxy will be exposed as folly of the worst kind upon the awakening of these ancient beings. Any hopes, dreams, or promises of salvation are naught but dust in the wind.“—Excerpt from the […]
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