Aboard the Photep, Ignis, Lord of Destruction, stood before the entire observation viewport, gazing at the world he had built with his own hands.
Massive Squat fortress ships were arrayed in Alexandria IV's orbit. Their bellies split open, disgorging container after container that gleamed orange.
Bang!
His Terminator armor turned as Ignis looked toward the visual display at the Auger Matrix's scan results.
In the five images on the left, the containers erupted with blinding light.
Their velocity of hundreds of meters per second gradually slowed, and they landed smoothly upon the ground.
Ignis's eyes narrowed. The Squats' device had landed precisely in the center of a vast mechanical array, without the slightest deviation.
The Cult of Destruction could also conduct precise airdrops from fifty thousand meters above, but required Psionic Energy arrays to achieve accurate positioning.
Exponentially rising data seized Ignis's attention. He stared at the rapidly climbing energy readings while spreading Magnus's Mindset across the first through eighth levels, processing the vast flood of data entering his mind.
Though he had only recently assumed command of the Photep by order of the Black Emperor, the Lord of Destruction had already left his mark upon the entire warship.
Data pillars spread rapidly outward from the command bridge.
Blood Ravens of the Pavoni Cult had taken up positions within the command networks of every deck, allowing the Lord of Destruction's will to reach even the furthest extremities in an instant.
Pyrae masters refined the Macro-cannons, inscribing them with layer upon layer of Psionic Energy arrays.
Dazzling light suddenly erupted, enveloping the entire planet.
Ignis's eyes twitched as he fixed his gaze upon the tiny red rune.
Alexandria IV tilted by an angle.
"Truly astonishing," said Mhotep, a shrine lecturer of the Corvidae Cult, beside him.
He stared deeply at the