"O great Omnissiah..."
Utio stood in the converted secret chamber aboard the Iron Fist, his heavily augmented body leaning slightly forward, every Sensors unit in the array on his head trained on the enormous holographic projection at the center of the room.
His voice carried that distinctive Adeptus Mechanicus blend of reverence and wonder, like a devout believer witnessing a miracle in a temple.
His mechanical fingers grasped unconsciously at the air, as though he wanted to touch the projected image and confirm that it truly existed.
At the center of the room, the enormous holographic projector hummed away, casting a ghostly blue glow.
Where the light converged, the three-dimensional image of an immense, planet-sized war machine slowly rotated.
The machine resembled an irregular artificial celestial body made of metal and rock, its surface densely covered with Turrets and energy conduits. Countless thick, pipe-like Tentacles extended from its surface, swaying slowly in the void.
Something like an enormous beating heart seemed to lie within it. The projection showed the paths of energy flowing inside, spreading throughout the entire structure like blood vessels.
"This is a Stars-sized war machine our expeditionary Fleet discovered on the fringes of the Milky Way Galaxy."
Ferrus Manus stood beside Utio, his arms of forged Liquid Metal crossed over his chest. His gaze rested on the projection, and his voice held the pride of someone showing off his most prized Collection.
"And we discovered that this thing can power itself by devouring Stars and meteor swarms."
"At its core is an enormous reactor capable of converting matter directly into energy."
"It can devour any matter, whether rock, metal, or Stars, break it down, and convert it into energy to power itself. In theory, as long as it has a sufficient supply of matter, it can operate