Well, whatever was on their minds, they had to follow him.
Forget it. No more questions. Just follow him.
Lin En hurried off to find Sentoyor.
The two Adeptus Custodes followed close behind.
Meanwhile, on Bolomite.
In the planet's defensive orbit.
The defensive communications array in orbit around Bolomite suddenly lit up with amber warning signals.
A low warning buzz sounded from the Augur Detector, short and shrill, one burst after another echoing through the orbital station's corridors.
Yellow warning lights flashed in sync, racing from one end to the other and throwing the metal walls in and out of shadow.
"What happened?!" The Lamenters officer on duty sprang from his chair to check. His Dataslate fell to the floor, but he had no time to pick it up.
Yellow meant a lower alert level than a combat incursion: a communications intrusion warning, a void-contact alert.
The station's logic engine announced in a cold metallic voice:
[Unscheduled void communications beam detected. Source: external void. Signal marker: distress beacon. Unauthorized access to main communications channel. Communications officer, verify signal source and determine whether it is a Xenos trap or a Chaos deception signal.]
"Sir! We have a distress signal!"
The communications crew rose from their stations and rushed to the console to tune the frequency.
The signal was weak and intermittent. They couldn't pin down its exact frequency.
They turned the dials back and forth, but their headsets were full of crackling static and the hiss of Warp interference.
After two careful passes through the frequencies, a voice finally emerged from the noise, broken and stuttering.
One communications officer turned the volume all the way up and leaned in, frowning as he listened.
The signal had come from far away, and something at the other end might have