Inside the palace of Paragon City, Nimrod looked at the data-slate in his hand. Arsena's report had caught his attention.
An Adeptus Mechanicus transport fleet had been attacked by xenos vessels. They were squat, cylindrical warships, and the Auspex had detected high-frequency psychic readings.
The Primarch swiftly reviewed the report submitted by the Adeptus Mechanicus. The xenos warship was a vessel several thousand meters long. One end was bulbous and fitted with clusters of thrusters; the other tapered down into a short, blunt prow.
Its most distinctive feature was the enormous petal-shaped blades extending from its stern, blazing with dazzling light.
After studying the xenos craft for several seconds, Nimrod thought to himself, A cylindrical vessel. Psychic power.
Joegall colony ships?
He remembered that the Joegall were a xenos race that had attempted to settle within Imperial territory during the Great Crusade.
Not long before the Battle of Isstvan III, a powerful Joegall fleet had been stationed in the Iota Horologii System.
Because traces of Psykers had been detected within that force, Malcador had dispatched the Sisters of Silence to support the Death Guard and destroy the Joegall colonies and ships.
The xenos fleet has to be destroyed.
While Nimrod was thinking, two Astartes clad in ornate and exquisite battle plate entered the palace.
He looked up. Their crimson armor was engraved with various geometric patterns, and on their left pauldrons was the curved star emblem of the Thousand Sons Legion.
Since they had not yet been reunited with their gene-father, the Thousand Sons' pauldrons had not yet been branded with the sigils of their cults.
The Thousand Son standing on the left, holding a crescent staff, was the first to bow in salute.
"By the Primarch, I am Ahzek Ahriman, First Company Captain of the Thousand Sons, reporting to