Our fleet erged at the outskirts of the ridian system in a flare of purple light and exotic Warp radiation, and imdiately I began observing the massive changes that had occurred since my last visit.
Entire constellations of space forts, extensive minefields, detection auguries and FTL communication arrays, three fortified moons and a decent sized space fleet of a couple Navy cruisers and hundreds of PDF corvettes guarded the Hive World, while the world itself had grown in population and industry at least ten tis. Soone had been very industrious in the past century, to achieve these results in such a hostile galaxy.
There was also an and her personal dic." I said in a lighter voice.
"...Lady Vhane's a lot like you, Lord Pef. When you were younger and a bit too rash. Crazy courage, even to the point of ramming an Ork Kroozer for a desperate victory. Furthermore, she has a private voidborn regint and even several techpriests in her crew. If she wasn't over 500 years old, I'd say she'd be a perfect wife for you." the Blood Angel explained with a snort, his timbre showing amusent and amazent.
I smiled at that, since an endorsent from Ludvaius was worth a planet or more.
"You could go and repair her cruiser, Lord Ferrus. We'll be here for at least a week." I said with a glance towards the golden armored Angel.
The dead Primarch asured for a minute, then vanished in a flash of golden light.
"I would say Ferrus Manus is certainly dead, but miracles stopped impressing after the Emperor returned. And I know you had a hand in that, Lord Pef." my old bodyguard muttered with a deep sigh.
Obviously, Ludvaius was mostly correct, but I doubted the Emperor wanted to story public. Especially the part about a certain Eldar death god providing aid in his return.
"I should not talk about the resurrection of the Emperor, my friend. Instead, I can show you what he gave ." I replied in a teasing voice, then opened my Null Box to reveal the signed Warrant and my new Rosette.
The Blood Angel examined the office badge and the scroll with a giant grin, then patted my shoulder in approval.
"And like always, you forget to ntion your new stature. You're almost a real Astartes now!" Ludvaius quipped while asuring my new height and bulk. He was still head taller than , but at least I wasn't a midget compared to him. Not anymore.
"That too. Ladies love it." I declared proudly, making Ludvaius laugh out loud.
"Only you, Lord Pef. So, we're going to see Isha next?" he wondered in a more restrained tone.
"Uhm. She's been captured by a Necron Lord during the assault on Nurgle, and the Emperor tasked with her rescue. So I said yes, since a goddess might be useful." I explained with a cheerful smile.
Ludvaius snorted and then nodded. "I see. Like the old days, huh?"
"Well, it's going to be tricky. Anyways, let's go et Lady Vhane first. I could use another Rogue Trader in my camp, and I need to reward her help with Elena. You can watch, if you want." I declared with smirk.
The Blood Angel sighed "I forgot about that part of the old days..."
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