Paladonna System.
The Mechanicus Ark of the Forge World Calibax. The synthesized voice of the communications specialist responsible for detection carried a tremor.
"Great Sage Yuri, anomalous Warp readings detected, higher than those of any known Mechanicus Ark."
"Given that we have exhausted all our strength, it must be an enemy of the Omnissiah."
Great Sage Yuri's mechadendrites swayed behind him.
"Full-power scan. I want the results immediately."
Silence lasted through one twelve-second interval after another. On the eleventh, the communications specialist's voice sounded again.
"The long-range auspex array has identified it as a Ramillies-class Star Fortress."
"Impossible. This does not conform to sacred logic."
Calibax's War Engines had iterated through the sacred calculation one hundred and forty-four times, completely ruling out the possibility of Nimrod launching a major intervention in the Iron Ring, including deploying a Ramillies-class Star Fortress.
Even if the Carium Gate could tear open the Warp Storm and complete the deployment, considering the interference of the turbulent immaterial realm, an Astropathic Message could not possibly be delivered.
Calibax and Udish had seized this opportunity to appropriate the resources of the Ni-Delina Subsector and construct a solid Void Bastion.
"Titan Transport Ships, recover the God-Machines and withdraw!"
"All escort vessels, engage! Hold back the Ramillies-class Star Fortress."
Yuri's Cybernetic Eye rotated, feeding every image and datum scrolling across the holographic projections and video screens into his mind.
Destroyers surged toward the Ramillies-class Star Fortress in wave after wave, closing in on the lumbering Tug.
The slowly rotating eastern quadrant unleashed an overwhelming barrage of dense beams, instantly engulfing the first wave of four destroyers.
``` [Ramillies-class Star Fortress inclination rotation identified: 0.01.]
[Two Titan Transport Ships have initiated recovery procedures. One will arrive at the designated location in five minutes to recover six Titans from Adamantium Mine