You had no time to react.
You were tightly surrounded by several figures.
Another medic's Augur Array and a Las pistol were both aimed at your head.
You remained calm and made no irrational moves.
You stared at the green light emitted by the Augur Array, listening to the instrument's low hum.
"Damn it, everything's normal with him. He hasn't been infected... Charles, your Augur Array's Machine Spirit is Displeased. It needs soothing." The medic lowered his Las pistol and turned to complain.
Charles, the medic in question, looked down to check the instrument in his hand, then gave you a helpless gesture.
You relaxed slightly.
You had no desire to experience the thrilling death of having a laser blast through your brain.
"Sorry, soldier. My mistake..." Charles apologized to you after checking the instrument.
You accepted his apology and cautiously asked about the current situation.
"The war is still going on..." Charles, his face hidden behind a mask, let out a muffled sigh and raised a hand to point at your clothes. "You Cadians have suffered even heavier casualties..."
You looked down.
You discovered that you were wearing the uniform of a Cadian Shock Trooper.
You wanted to ask for more details, but Charles had already hurried away.
Instinctively, you looked toward where he was running.
More than a dozen battered Valkyrie Gunships descended from the sky, bringing back even more wounded.
By the first week, your injuries had long since healed.
Through conversations with the other soldiers, you gathered the basic information.
You learned that a brutal battle for Planet Yax was underway.
The terrifying Plague Legions had attacked the garden world through rifts in the Warp, determined to drag it completely into the domain of Chaos.
You wanted to rejoin the battle.
The medics stopped your unauthorized