Tens of thousands of warships, layer upon layer, were piled together into the shape of an irregular full moon, its edges crisscrossing in all directions.
Regulus stood at the center of the "mountain of trash" and spat out a string of Abominable Intelligence code.
The builder of the space hulk was the Warp, and the many elements that made up the hulk had all been created by thinking creatures.
Humans, or other beings.
Regulus, who commanded supernatural power, could, with the many gifts bestowed by the Warmaster, control a space hulk that did not obey the laws of physics.
In the strategic chamber of the Vengeful Spirit, Horus Lupercal raised his head and gazed up at the holographic image.
The rune markers clearly indicated the scale of the void-borne objects:
The Gloriana-class Battleship was the noble master of the surviving Venomous Ships, yet beside a Ramillies-class Star Fortress, it seemed to be looking up at a king.
The massive thrusters that drove the star fortress's rotation were larger than an entire destroyer.
And yet, compared with the space hulk, even the star fortress paled into insignificance, while the warships looked even more like toys.
The space hulk was shaped like the moon; even beneath the radiance of the star, it could not be ignored, and its shadow covered two Ramillies-class Star Fortresses.
A shoal of fish large enough to drown an entire fleet gathered together and bit ravenously at the space hulk.
The shoal gnawed at the edge of the mountain of trash, its missiles blasting flattened cargo holds into metal fragments.
The two Ramillies-class Star Fortresses accelerated their rotation, covering the vast space hulk to the greatest possible angle.
From one quadrant of one Ramillies-class Star Fortress, a skyful of crimson beams was hurled out, stealing the radiance of