Chapter Summaries

Space Marines and Earth Dreadnoughts broke through the fortress hall’s walls and overran the Adeptus Mechanicus defenses. As the Earth Dreadnoughts devastated the Kastelan Robots, Mo Tuo led twenty Space Marines toward Tech-Priest Dominus Kahil and Forge General Yeks while the others held back the defenders.

• Space Marines and Earth Dreadnoughts smashed through the hall’s walls and caught the Adeptus Mechanicus defensive line by surprise.
• Tech-Priest Dominus Kahil ordered the Adeptus Mechanicus to attack, and the senior priests and Forge General Yeks led their forces into battle.
• The Earth Dreadnoughts charged the Kastelan Robots, whose fire failed to stop them behind their triple-layered energy shields.
• The Earth Dreadnoughts’ machine-gun barrage overloaded the Kastelan Robots’ Repulsor Grids and destroyed the robots, killing many Multi-clawed Guards and Datasmiths in the explosions.
• Mo Tuo led twenty Space Marines toward Tech-Priest Dominus Kahil and Forge General Yeks while the remaining eighty Space Marines held off the Adeptus Mechanicus forces.

Mo Tuo and the Space Marines fought through the Adeptus Mechanicus forces as they advanced toward Kahil and Yeks. Mo Tuo unleashed the Flame Sword, wiping out the enemy army and leaving the two leaders terrified on the raised platform.

• Mo Tuo shot and killed a charging Tech-priest with his Plasma Pistol.
• Mo Tuo and the Space Marines evaded the Combat Servitors' and Skitarii's attacks while their energy shields protected them.
• Mo Tuo powered up the Flame Sword and ordered the Space Marines to move behind him.
• Mo Tuo unleashed a vast wave of fire that consumed the Adeptus Mechanicus army and burned away the steel floor in its path.
• Kahil and Yeks watched the devastation in terror and wondered what kind of weapon Mo Tuo wielded.

Mo Tuo and his Space Marines fought through the Adeptus Mechanicus defenders to reach Kahil and Yeks. Mo Tuo killed Kahil and broke Yeks's Power Axe, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Mo Tuo led twenty Space Marines through the Adeptus Mechanicus forces, burning aside anyone who blocked their advance.
• Kahil ordered the Multi-clawed Guards and five armored Ogryns to attack, while ten Space Marines charged into the defenders to hold them back.
• Mo Tuo and the remaining ten Space Marines reached Kahil and Yeks, who charged at them with their Power Axes.
• Mo Tuo dodged Kahil's strike and cut him down with his Flame Sword, burning him to ash.
• Yeks attacked Mo Tuo in rage, but Mo Tuo's Flame Sword cleaved his Power Axe in two.

Mo Tuo killed Yeks, and the Space Marines overwhelmed the leaderless Adeptus Mechanicus forces in the fortress. He then led his troops to reinforce the remaining battles, and by moonrise the Star Army had taken Dokra Forge World.

• Mo Tuo split Yeks's Power Axe and killed him with a blow from his Power Fist.
• The deaths of Kahil and Yeks threw the Adeptus Mechanicus army into disarray, and the Space Marines and Earth Dreadnoughts routed the remaining defenders.
• Tie'en reported that every Adeptus Mechanicus member in the fortress had been killed, and Mo Tuo praised his troops.
• Mo Tuo ordered his soldiers to reinforce their comrades and eradicate the remaining Adeptus Mechanicus forces across Dokra Forge World.
• By moonrise, the fighting ended and Dokra Forge World had fallen to the Star Army.

Bulon gathered the Imperial Combined Fleet’s surviving warships as it retreated toward the Provence Sector Capital, believing he could rebuild after its defeat. He then learned that the Star Sea World heretics were attacking the capital and Dokra Forge World, and he was left stunned by their ability to arrive before his fleet.

• Bulon reunited scattered Imperial fleets until the Imperial Combined Fleet had recovered to nearly six hundred warships.
• Bulon reviewed intelligence about the heretics and considered returning to Segmentum Solar to rebuild his forces.
• A communications officer reported urgent calls for aid from the Provence Sector Capital and Dokra Forge World, which were under attack.
• The communications officer identified the attackers as the Star Sea World heretics, and Bulon questioned how they had arrived ahead of his Warp-traveling fleet.
• Bulon dismissed the communications officer and recognized that the heretics’ speed had made the situation difficult.

General Bulon told Sage Cawl that Provanse’s capital and Dokra Forge World were under attack and asked whether they should be relieved. Cawl decided the Imperium’s fleet could not risk the fight, ordered the Adeptus Mechanicus fleet to leave the Provence Sector, and left Bulon to choose whether to aid the worlds.

• Bulon contacted Sage Cawl and reported that heretics were attacking Provanse’s capital and Dokra Forge World.
• Cawl questioned how the heretics had moved from the Jesta Galaxy, and Bulon explained the available intelligence.
• Cawl considered the heretics’ technology and his captured Space Marines, then warned that the fleet could not safely reinforce the invaded worlds.
• Cawl told Bulon he could take the fleet to provide aid while Cawl took the Adeptus Mechanicus fleet out of the Provence Sector.
• Bulon accepted Cawl’s decision and noted that they had at least brought detailed intelligence back to the Imperium.

The Fourth and Fifth Fleets abandoned their wait for the escaped Imperial Combined Fleet and began planning to conquer nearby star systems. Nack brought surrendered Astartes officers to the Star Sea Galaxy and warned them that psykers faced instant death inside the Lord of the Stars' anti-psychic field.

• Wood and Xavier concluded that the Imperial Combined Fleet had escaped the Provence Sector and redirected their forces toward conquering nearby systems.
• A Star Navy cruiser carrying Nack and surrendered Astartes officers arrived at the edge of the Star Sea Galaxy.
• Nack teased Tyberos, Arjinto, Azrael, and the other officers about the Star Army's luxurious treatment, and they fell silent.
• Nack asked the officers to disclose any hidden psykers and warned that psychic power in the Lord of the Stars' anti-psychic field would make them explode and die.

Nack explained that psykers in the Star Sea Galaxy would explode if they tried to use their powers, and the Chapter officers confirmed they had disclosed their psykers. He ordered Psyker-Suppression Bracelets distributed to them, then directed the cruiser into the Star Sea Galaxy.

• Isel questioned why the surrendered soldiers should worry about the Lord of the Stars' anti-magic field if they had no chance of meeting him, and Nack warned that psykers who used their powers in the Star Sea Galaxy would explode.
• Tyberos, Arjinto, Azrael, and the other Chapter officers confirmed they had disclosed their psykers, with Arjinto stating the Brass Dragons would purge any psyker in their ranks.
• Nack ordered a naval officer to distribute Psyker-Suppression Bracelets to every registered psyker.
• Naval soldiers gave the bracelets to the Librarians, suppressing most of their psychic powers and shocking anyone who tried to break free.
• Nack told the pilot to take the cruiser into the Star Sea Galaxy, and the cruiser began its journey.

Nack showed the Astartes officers the Star Sea Galaxy’s prosperous trade and enormous shipyards, boasting that twenty Gloriana-class Battleships were under construction. Tyberos then asked whether his Chapter could obtain a cruiser as its flagship.

• Nack showed the officers a holographic view of the busy, orderly Star Sea Galaxy.
• Azrael noticed a vast complex of space docks, and Nack explained that its shipyards were building the navy’s warships.
• Nack said two enormous docks could build twenty Gloriana-class Battleships at once, though completion would take fifteen years.
• The Astartes officers envied the ships but resented Nack’s smug boasting, knowing they lacked the strength to claim one.
• Tyberos asked Nack whether the Carcharodons Chapter could secure a cruiser for its flagship.

Nack showed Tyberos and the Astartes officers the Star Sea Galaxy and its shipyards, where they glimpsed the enormous flagship of the Lord of the Stars. The officers marveled at its scale and firepower as the cruiser continued deeper into the system.

• Tyberos considered asking for an Emperor-class Battleship, but Nack said only Gray, Fleet Admiral Mendeleev, and Legion Commander Anrida could approve cruisers as Chapter motherships.
• Nack explained the purposes of the space docks and described the Star Sea Galaxy as the Star Army's capital.
• Azrael spotted a warship more than fifty kilometers in diameter, and the Astartes officers reacted with astonishment.
• Nack identified the enormous vessel as the flagship of the Lord of the Stars and said its advanced weapons and equipment had been researched aboard it.
• The Astartes officers discussed the flagship's immense firepower, while Nack joined in their speculation about its strength.

Nack brought the Astartes officers to the spaceport and offered them a choice between visiting the body enhancement laboratory and seeing civilian life on World One. Most chose to tour first, so Nack arranged Star Coins for them before leading the way.

• Nack offered the Astartes officers a choice between going straight to the body enhancement laboratory or touring civilian life first.
• Tyberos chose the laboratory, but Arjinto and Azrael favored seeing how civilians lived, and most of the officers agreed with them.
• Nack decided to take the group around World One before bringing them to the laboratory, and Tyberos agreed to follow.
• Nack ordered the navy to give every Astartes ten thousand Star Coins, and the soldiers soon distributed the currency.
• Arjinto tried to crush a hundred-Star-Coin note, and Nack explained that Adamantium and nanomaterials made the currency hard to damage and that civilians needed Star Coins to buy supplies.

Nack led Azrael and the Astartes through the spaceport and into World One, where they encountered a bustling society that treated them with respect but did not worship them. The group reached City One and stared in amazement at its towering buildings and busy streets.

• Nack had logistics personnel register identification cards for every arriving Astartes before leading them into the spaceport.
• Arjinto admired the busy port, while Azrael wondered why civilians did not kneel to the Space Marines; a Star Space Marine warned him to abandon his pride from the Imperium.
• Nack led the group onto a military teleportation platform, which carried them to the Governor's Building in City One of Star Sea I World.
• Officials warmly greeted Nack as he led the group through the Governor's Building and outside.
• The Astartes marveled at City One's skyscrapers, crowds, and hovering vehicles.

Arjinto, Azrael, Tyberos, and the other Astartes officers toured a prosperous human world while Nack mocked them for being unable to marry or have children. Nack revealed that he had two adult sons and that women served among the Star Space Marines, though they were difficult to distinguish in power armor.

• Arjinto and Nack praised the human world's prosperity, and Nack claimed every planet in the Star Sea World would eventually be rebuilt to look as beautiful.
• Nack admired a group of women, then taunted Tyberos by claiming normal people could marry and enjoy family life unlike the Astartes.
• Nack told the officers that he was married and had two sons, and that his eldest son would graduate from military academy and enter the Lord of the Stars' Imperial Guard selection.
• Nack said many Star Space Marines had families, provoking disbelief and anger from Tyberos, Arjinto, and the other Astartes officers.
• Nack explained that women served among the Space Marines and that power armor made them hard to distinguish.

Nack arranged for Star Space Marines to guide the Astartes through City One, then took Tyberos, Arjinto, and others on a tour. When ordinary people were frightened by Tyberos’s face, he accepted Nack’s suggestion to repair his injuries.

• Nack ordered the Star Space Marines to show the Astartes around and told them to assemble at the Governor's Building by ten o'clock.
• More than a thousand Star Space Marines led several thousand Astartes out to explore the unfamiliar area.
• Nack guided Tyberos, Arjinto, several Librarians, and others through City One’s busy streets.
• Passersby mistook Tyberos for a frightening prisoner and questioned whether he could be a Space Marine.
• Tyberos suppressed his anger, and after Nack suggested he repair his face, he silently agreed.

Tyberos and the others explored a busy street and became fascinated by grav-bikes, seeing their potential as rapid battlefield transport. Nack offered to supply military versions and explained that his Space Marines relied on teleport beacons instead of vehicles.

• Tyberos noticed that people in the Lord of the Stars' realm admired Space Marines rather than fearing them.
• Tyberos and the others stopped to watch grav-bikes flying through the air and considered their battlefield usefulness.
• Nack told them civilian grav-bikes cost two thousand Star Coins, and Azrael said he wanted to equip the Chapter with them.
• Nack offered to open production lines for military grav-bikes to meet the Chapter's needs.
• Tyberos asked why Nack's forces did not use such vehicles, and Nack explained that teleport beacons let them reach support missions instantly.

Nack explained that every Star Space Marine suit could teleport and described the power of his Flame Sword, which contained a C'tan fragment. Tyberos and the others learned that the C'tan could destroy daemons permanently, and Nack promised they would receive more information after their enhancements.

• Tyberos and the others were shocked to learn that every Star Space Marine suit had teleportation, and Nack explained how teleport beacons let him reach teammates across the same star system.
• Azrael admitted that the Star Space Marines’ shields and teleportation made their defeat understandable, and Tyberos agreed their equipment surpassed that of many Imperial Chapter Masters.
• Tyberos asked about Nack’s Flame Sword, and Nack said it contained a fragment of a C'tan that powered its flames and could permanently kill daemons.
• Azrael asked Nack to explain more about the C'tan, and Nack said they would receive detailed information through personal terminals after completing their enhancements.

The Astartes spent the night marveling at the Consul's Building and eagerly awaited their physical enhancement surgery. In the morning, Nack led them toward the teleportation hall, where he began unlocking access to the classified Body Enhancement Laboratory.

• Nack settled the Astartes into rooms at the Consul's Building, but many stayed awake exploring its luxury and holographic equipment.
• Before dawn, Tyberos led several thousand Astartes to the hall to wait for Nack and their trip to the Body Enhancement Laboratory.
• At seven in the morning, Nack arrived and chided the impatient Astartes, while Azrael and Arjinto explained their curiosity and their lives devoted to combat.
• Nack led the Astartes to the largest teleportation hall, and Tyberos learned it was the only hall large enough to transport them all at once.
• Nack operated a holographic screen with no visible text and explained that the destination was classified and required authorization.

Nack led Tyberos and the others through a teleportation checkpoint guarded by four Titan mechs and ordered them to store their weapons before entering the Enhancement Laboratory. After confirming that everyone had complied, he warned that anyone caught hiding a weapon could be killed on the spot.

• Nack entered passwords as the group teleported to a vast hall guarded by four Titan mechs.
• The mechs scanned the newcomers, recognized Nack, and returned to their posts.
• Nack summoned weapon-storage counters and explained that weapons were forbidden inside the laboratory.
• Azrael ordered the Astartes to surrender their weapons, and Tyberos and the others followed suit.
• Nack confirmed that everyone had stored their weapons and warned that anyone who concealed one could be killed.

Nack led Tyberos and the other Astartes into the laboratory, where they saw its researchers, defenses, and a gigantic restrained beast. A researcher confirmed they were there for physical augmentation surgery and went to fetch Director Wells.

• Nack teleported Tyberos and the others from the security hall to a vast white chamber and led them toward a sealed door.
• The door scanned the group and opened onto a corridor guarded by more than a dozen Knight mechs.
• Nack led the Astartes into a busy research hall filled with laboratories and equipment.
• Tyberos and the others saw a colossal beast bound by Adamantium chains and gravity rings inside a glass chamber.
• A researcher asked Nack whether the Astartes were surgery candidates, and Nack confirmed they were there for augmentation surgery.
• The researcher told Nack that Director Wells was in the laboratory and went to fetch him.

Nack brought Tyberos and the other Chapter leaders to Laboratory A103 to see Director Wells’s completed gene-seed cloning research. Wells welcomed them as experimental materials, but Nack corrected him, explaining that they were Space Marines there for enhancement surgery.

• A researcher told Nack that Wells had completed his gene-seed cloning experiment and directed him to Laboratory A103.
• Nack secured permission for Tyberos and the other Chapter leaders, including Dalaran, to visit the laboratory.
• Tyberos and the leaders welcomed the chance to see the cloned gene-seed, which could help their expanded Chapters reach three thousand Marines.
• Nack led the group into Laboratory A103, where Wells approached him and asked whether he had brought the experimental materials.
• Nack corrected Wells, stating that the visitors were Space Marines who had come for physical enhancement surgery.