Lin En agreed at once, laying it on thick for the system. "I knew our system could do anything, anywhere! What would I do without you? You're my eyes and ears! My navigator! My encyclopedia! My guiding light!"
The system cut him off. [Stop flattering us. We're not falling for it!]
Sure, sure. If you say so.
Lin En turned and sent someone to notify Phoros.
A little while later, two knocks sounded at the door.
"Come in!" Lin En called.
Phoros entered. "My lord, you sent for me?"
"Phoros, bring Gabriel and Sentoyor here for a meeting. I have something important to announce."
They had to move before Tzeentch caught on.
There was nothing much to prepare. The fleet was already assembled.
The warships entered the Maelstrom once more.
This time there were four warships, two more than last time.
Ha! Tzeentch, your daddy's back!
The fleet left Bolomite, passed straight through a spatial rift in the Maelstrom, and plunged into the Warp.
Who said the Maelstrom was bad? It was wonderful. One plunge, and they were right in Tzeentch's territory.
Heh heh.
A line on the star chart ended at a set of coordinates the system had provided. At the end lay the Agri World swallowed by the Warp.
Beyond the viewport, the purple vortex raged helplessly. Helpless rage was all it dared.
Sentoyor stood in a corner of the bridge, studying the star chart for a long time.
Then he asked Lin En quietly, "My lord, what's that planet called?"
Lin En rubbed his chin. "Once we bring it back, you can give it a new name. You can start thinking now."
"..."
Sentoyor nodded faintly.
He would give it serious thought.
The fleet traveled through the Warp for three days. Lin En visited