"What was going on?"
Admiral Mallen and the others stared at the crates of human supplies the Necrons kept teleporting in, all of them a little stunned.
"Did those xenos raid another human civilized world, or destroy some Rogue Trader dynasty?"
These human warriors had been hungry and deprived for far too long, but their first reaction on seeing human supplies was not excitement, but anger.
It meant more humans had suffered at xenos hands!
"These supplies are definitely not products of the Silent System. They came from outside the system."
The Ultramarines Librarian swept a glance over them and said as much.
They knew the state of the Silent System. The planets covered by the Abomination Veil had basically all fallen into extreme chaos, and production had ground to a halt.
Even if the xenos wanted to loot them, there was nothing much to take. If they could find stale bread, canned Ant-Cow, and Corpse Starch, that already counted as good.
But the supplies before them were all brand-new, the crates still giving off the scent of painted coating.
"Damn it. Some unlucky Rogue Trader dynasty must have been raided by the xenos."
Mallen sighed.
He felt sorry for that Rogue Trader. They had probably been wiped out completely, with no one left alive.
Otherwise, any living survivors would have been sent to this Royal Zoo.
After all, that xenos Phaerakh named Fahra liked to keep living intelligent beings as pets for viewing.
"No, this was a transaction. The xenos purchased this batch of Imperium supplies from a Rogue Trader."
The Adepta Sororitas found a delivery document on one of the supply crates.
It stated clearly that the Covendi Rogue Trader House, according to contract, had provided these supplies to the Fahra Dynasty.
Mallen and the others were even