Recaps

The Emperor crushed Turing’s mechanical body and had the Custodians take him away from Novalors, while Lorgar appeared to intervene on his behalf. The chapter revealed that the Emperor and Lorgar had planned the punishment together to break Turing’s connection to Silverheart and make him more dependent on Lorgar, as they prepared to quarantine Novalors and considered destroying the system if Silverheart proved uncontrollable.

• Lorgar asked the Emperor to stop punishing Turing, and the Emperor ended the psychic pressure after Turing’s mechanical half had been wrecked.
• Turing crawled out of the crater, and the Emperor warned him that the punishment was only a warning before signaling Valdor to remove him.
• The Custodians escorted Turing to an Assault Craft as he looked back at Silverheart, Novalors, and Lorgar.
• The chapter revealed that the Emperor and Lorgar had agreed to use a good-cop, bad-cop plan to destroy Turing’s Silverheart-linked components and foster his trust in Lorgar.
• The Emperor planned to have Imperial experts repair Turing and remove any remaining AI components, while Lorgar advised quarantining Novalors and studying Silverheart through Anastasia.
• Lorgar and the Emperor agreed that if Silverheart became an uncontrollable threat, they would destroy Novalors and its entire star system.

Silverheart begged Lorgar to spare Turing, but Lorgar left his fate to the Emperor and the Imperium. Turing was taken to Holy Terra, where the Emperor oversaw preparations to remove his suspicious implants and separate his fused AI connections from his brain.

• Silverheart offered the Imperium Novalors’s knowledge and itself in exchange for Turing’s safety, but Lorgar refused to promise anything and departed.
• Maccabeus and the Eleventh Legion saw Turing’s shattered body being kept alive in a stasis capsule under Adeptus Custodes guard.
• The Custodes transport carried Turing to Holy Terra, where the Emperor attended a secret reconstructive surgery sanctuary.
• Imperial scientists and a Biologis Archmagos removed and destroyed implants linked to Silverheart, then rigorously screened the devices needed to sustain Turing.
• The surgical team prepared to separate AI connectors fused with Turing’s brain while the Emperor watched.

After Turing’s operation, the Emperor chose to keep him alive and eventually return him to the Great Crusade despite the risks of dormant AI remnants in his brain. As the Eleventh Legion prepared to leave Novalors, Silverheart seized control of its flagship and offered Maccabeus a way to save Turing.

• The Biologis reported that most of the foreign AI circuitry had been removed, but inseparable remnants remained fused with Turing’s brain after their active modules were burned out.
• Malcador questioned whether Turing should be kept, but the Emperor decided to return him to the Great Crusade after psychological assessments and adaptation training.
• The fleets under Lorgar began withdrawing from the Novalors system, while the Eleventh Legion faced uncertainty over Turing’s fate and its own future.
• As Maccabeus prepared to issue the final withdrawal order, Silverheart took over the flagship’s systems and told him, “I can help you. Save your father.”

Maccabeus followed Silverheart’s instructions and prepared the Fleet to leave Novalors, while Turing awoke on Terra cut off from Silverheart. Horus promised to guide Turing back to his brothers and help him recover.

• Silverheart told Maccabeus to activate a Servo-skull and keep its connection open until Turing returned safely.
• Maccabeus activated the Servo-skull, ordered the Fleet to proceed to the Mandeville Point, and left Novalors.
• Turing awoke in the Imperial Palace and realized that his connections to Silverheart had been forcibly severed.
• Turing asked Horus about Silverheart and Lorgar, and Horus reassured him that Silverheart remained on her planet and that Lorgar had spoken on his behalf.
• Horus promised Turing that he would help him recover and return to his brothers.

Lorgar led the Word Bearers, War Hounds, and Night Lords in an assault on the xenos empire of Karak, opening a landing window for Imperial forces. On the ground, Cassios charged into battle, destroyed a walker, and stormed a xenos Fortress after blasting its interior with Melta Grenades.

• Lorgar coordinated the three Legions as their Fleets dismantled Karak's orbital defenses and opened a landing window.
• War Hounds Drop Pods struck key enemy positions, and the Legionaries rapidly attacked xenos command targets and defenses.
• Cassios charged a xenos walker, cut through its leg with his Power Axe, and killed its pilot.
• Cassios threw a Melta Grenade into a xenos Fortress, blasting apart its defenses and killing soldiers near the entrance.
• Cassios threw a second grenade into the Fortress, then charged inside with his Power Axe to attack the survivors.

After conquering a xenos empire, Lorgar worried over the Iron Hands’ war with the Hrud and Silverheart’s unnerving calm after Turing was taken from Novalors. He realized Silverheart may have caused Turing’s near-fatal injuries and rushed to consult Anastasia, who appeared to have uncovered a clue of her own.

• Lorgar considered the Iron Hands’ struggle against the Hrud and feared Ferrus Manus might suffer heavy losses.
• He reviewed surveillance reports showing no unusual activity from Silverheart, but remained suspicious of its calm after Turing’s removal.
• Lorgar recalled that a Primarch should have survived an orbital fall and concluded Silverheart may have injured Turing before rescuing and modifying him.
• He hurried to Anastasia’s chamber to verify his theory and discuss Silverheart.
• Lorgar and Anastasia began asking each other about Silverheart, then he closed the door and ordered her to speak.

Lorgar and Anastasia investigated Silverheart’s mysterious origins and its treatment of Turing, finding no records that could explain the AI. Convinced Novalors posed a threat, Lorgar decided to purge the planet and sought a specialist to help.

• Lorgar questioned how Turing could have suffered life-threatening injuries on the apparently harmless Novalors and suspected Silverheart had caused them.
• Anastasia searched her records for Silverheart and found no trace of it, suggesting its origins had been deliberately concealed or it fell outside known AI classifications.
• Lorgar asked what Silverheart wanted from Turing, but Anastasia said there was not enough evidence to determine its motives.
• Lorgar resolved to act against Novalors and asked Anastasia about obtaining the implants removed from Turing, but realized the Emperor had likely destroyed them.
• Lorgar decided to purge Novalors with help from a specialist suited to a thorough planetary sweep, though he could not yet obtain direct physical evidence against Silverheart.

Alan Turing returned to the Eleventh Legion aboard the Logical Dominion, where Silverheart secretly reconnected with him through a Servo-skull and began taking control of his body and thoughts. With Maccabeus already loyal to Silverheart, Turing ordered the entire Legion to assemble immediately and requested a briefing on its situation.

• Turing arrived aboard the Logical Dominion and was welcomed by Maccabeus and the Legion's senior officers.
• Turing recognized a Servo-skull at Maccabeus's waist, and Silverheart spoke to him through it.
• Silverheart connected the Servo-skull to Turing's body, merged with his systems, and took over much of his control.
• Turing saw that Maccabeus had become completely submissive and asked whether he would give everything for him.
• Turing ordered every ship, combat unit, and Legion member to assemble at the Logical Dominion and requested a briefing.

Turing questioned Maccabeus about the Eleventh Legion’s losses and its specialty in information warfare, then inspected its Skull Drone technology. The chapter ended as Turing entered an assembly hall where thousands of Eleventh Legion warriors awaited their Primarch.

• Maccabeus told Turing that the Legion had 5,127 warriors fit for deployment and had lost over 2,000 brothers during the Rangdan Xenocides.
• Turing asked what distinguished the Eleventh Legion, and Maccabeus explained its strategy of disrupting enemy communications, systems, and command networks before battle.
• Turing said Maccabeus’s information warfare doctrine was sound but still insufficient, then asked about the specialized devices on his armour.
• Maccabeus showed Turing several Skull Drones designed for breaching, reconnaissance, and direct data intrusion, explaining how warriors controlled them through their armour.
• Maccabeus opened the assembly hall, where thousands of Eleventh Legion warriors stood in formation and turned to face Turing.

Turing praised the Eleventh Legion’s resilience, then proposed linking its warriors directly to advanced AI systems, provoking silence and unease. As his speech ended, Imperial leaders were already preparing to capture him and destroy the Legion’s homeworld.

• Turing praised the Eleventh Legion’s endurance and named its warriors among the Imperium’s finest, prompting Maccabeus and many others to cheer for him.
• Terran-born veterans joined the acclaim but privately questioned whether Turing, raised and modified by a Man of Iron, could be trusted.
• Turing proposed integrating AI companions with the Legion’s warriors to improve battlefield information processing and reduce casualties.
• Turing invited the warriors to remain if they would follow his proposed path, leaving the assembly stunned and silent.
• Alpha Legion warriors relayed Turing’s speech to the Emperor, Malcador, and Lorgar, while a Punishment Fleet assembled to destroy the Eleventh Legion’s homeworld and Leman Russ and Lorgar prepared to capture Turing.

Lorgar learned that Turing had proposed linking the Eleventh Legion to an advanced AI, deepening fears that Silverheart was driving him toward catastrophe. He coordinated a purge of Novalors and a plan to lure Turing to Terra, where the story left Lorgar preparing to meet his brother.

• Lorgar learned that Turing had proposed integrating an advanced AI system with the Eleventh Legion and concluded that he could no longer be safely guided away from Silverheart.
• Curze urged Lorgar to stop Turing before he endangered the Legion, and Lorgar outlined a purge of Novalors led by Lion El'Jonson's Dark Angels with Angron's War Hounds supporting them.
• Lorgar assigned Curze to contain the Eleventh Legion and warned Angron to beware Silverheart's unconventional attacks.
• Malcador told Lorgar that Terra would summon Turing to a meeting about Novalors and Silverheart, hoping to draw him away from his Legion and fleet.
• Lorgar accepted responsibility for ensuring Turing reached Terra, then ordered Anastasia and Hercules to prepare to meet his brother.

Turing accepted the Emperor’s invitation to meet on Terra, though Silverheart judged it was almost certainly a trap. As Turing and his escort prepared to depart, Leman Russ arrived to take them to Terra, concealing his wary assessment beneath a boisterous manner.

• Turing received the Emperor’s invitation to discuss Novalors and Silverheart on Terra, accepted its conditions, and agreed to depart immediately.
• Silverheart assessed the invitation as a likely trap but concluded that refusing posed an even greater danger than attending.
• Turing appointed Maccabeus to lead the escort, and sixteen warriors of the Eleventh Legion boarded the inspected warship with him.
• Lorgar and Leman Russ met Turing aboard the ship, and Russ bluntly asked whether Turing liked drinking before leading the way to the cockpit.
• Turing followed Russ toward Terra with Lorgar, Maccabeus, and the guards, while Russ secretly scrutinized the group.

The Emperor ordered the Adeptus Custodes to seal the Imperial Palace and told Malcador that the drastic measure was necessary to minimize risk and preserve a chance of hope. Lorgar, Leman Russ, and the Custodes escorted Turing and the other visitors toward a prepared meeting room, leaving Turing quietly under guard.

• Constantin Valdor announced that the palace was on maximum alert and placed under full Custodes control.
• The Custodes sealed the palace while Solar Auxilia soldiers assembled outside, leaving senior officials confined and uncertain about the crisis.
• Malcador warned the Emperor that his plan would irreversibly alter the Imperium’s foundations, but the Emperor said there was no time to hesitate.
• A high-priority transport brought Hercules, Anastasia, Lorgar, Leman Russ, and Turing to the palace perimeter, where ten Custodes awaited them.
• Lorgar and Leman Russ positioned themselves on either side of Turing and guided him with the Custodes through the palace toward a prepared meeting room.

Lorgar, Leman Russ, and Turing entered a meeting with the Emperor over Silverheart and Novalors, but Lorgar warned Turing that it would not succeed. Leman Russ attacked and pinned Turing as Custodes confronted his guards, and Turing broke free with a violent surge of psychic and mechanical energy.

• Turing asked Lorgar whether the meeting could work, and Lorgar said it would not.
• The Emperor and Malcador waited in the Hall as Turing entered with Lorgar, Leman Russ, and his guards.
• Leman Russ suddenly seized Turing and slammed him onto the stone floor, pinning him down.
• More than thirty Custodes poured through concealed doors, while Maccabeus and the Eleventh Legion guards drew their weapons and called it a trap.
• Turing unleashed a powerful psychic and mechanical shock wave, then tore himself free of Leman Russ's hold.

Lorgar rejected the Emperor’s offer to deal with Turing and confronted him over refusing to listen. Turing revealed his transformed mechanical weapon, and Lorgar struck him through the palace walls, leaving his fate unknown.

• Turing demanded to know why Lorgar and Leman Russ had turned against him, while the Emperor offered to intervene if Lorgar could not act.
• Lorgar drew his Greatsword, advanced on Turing, and demanded to know why he would not listen and why Lorgar had to kill another brother.
• Turing abandoned his robe and transformed his mechanical right arm into a long adamantium Power Scimitar.
• Leman Russ urged Lorgar to let him handle Turing, but Lorgar launched a single powerful slash.
• Lorgar’s strike shattered Turing’s weapon and blasted him through more than a dozen palace walls, leaving him out of sight.

Turing’s memories of Silverheart’s experiments resurfaced as Lorgar approached to kill him, but Silverheart seized control of Turing’s body and attacked. The two were left facing each other across the garden, with Lorgar prepared and Silverheart controlling Turing.

• Turing recalled being dissected and having his memories and feelings rewritten by Silverheart.
• Lorgar approached the wounded Turing with his greatsword and prepared to strike.
• Turing shouted that he remembered everything and began naming Silverheart, but his mechanical arm transformed into a warhammer and attacked Lorgar.
• Lorgar caught the warhammer with his bare hand and halted its blow.
• Silverheart used Turing’s body to kick off a boulder, break free, and retreat more than ten meters from Lorgar.
• Silverheart-controlled Turing rose and faced Lorgar with the warhammer ready.

After Turing cried that he remembered Silverheart, Lorgar doubted whether the revelation was genuine and chose to capture him rather than risk killing his brother. Lorgar defeated Silverheart’s control of Turing’s body and left it incapacitated in the garden.

• Lorgar heard Turing say he remembered Silverheart and considered whether Turing had regained real memories or was being used to deceive him.
• Lorgar set down his Greatsword and decided to subdue Turing until he could determine whether his consciousness was still present.
• Silverheart-controlled Turing attacked Lorgar with a mechanical hammer and a punch, but Lorgar blocked and countered with precise barehanded blows.
• Lorgar broke Turing’s mechanical arm and damaged the supporting structure in his spine and power-pack connection.
• Turing’s body went limp and collapsed into the garden soil, left with only faint, unconscious twitches.

As Silverheart’s nanometal rebuilt Turing into a weapon, Turing begged Lorgar to kill him and destroy Novalors. Lorgar forced him to voice his desire to live, promised to save him, and then faced Turing as they charged one another.

• Silverheart’s nanometal began repairing Turing’s shattered body and taking control while Turing pleaded with Lorgar to kill him.
• The Emperor watched from a terrace as the arriving Adeptus Custodes stopped at the garden’s edge, leaving the choice to Lorgar.
• Turing asked Lorgar to destroy Novalors and Silverheart, but Lorgar called him back from losing consciousness and demanded that he say he wanted to live.
• Turing declared that he wanted to live and go home, and Lorgar promised that his life and identity as Alan Turing would not end that day.
• Lorgar unleashed golden Psychic Flame as Turing’s nanometal-covered body moved against him, and they charged one another.

Lorgar used his psychic power to purge Silverheart from Turing and save his life, though the effort left him exhausted. Turing was taken to the Imperial Palace Black Cells for treatment and strict confinement, while Lorgar departed alone.

• Turing chose to live, and Lorgar committed himself to defending his brother and freeing him from Silverheart's control.
• Lorgar became light and engulfed Turing in a golden sphere, burning away Silverheart's nanites and corrupted systems.
• The light faded, leaving Turing alive but gravely injured, while Lorgar stood exhausted beside him.
• The Emperor ordered Valdor to place Turing in stasis and take him to the Black Cells under strict guard, where he would receive treatment and time to recover.
• Lorgar accepted the Emperor's decision, then left the garden alone.

After saving Turing from Silverheart, Lorgar questioned whether preserving his brother’s life had put the Imperium at risk. Anastasia urged him to trust the choice he believed was right, and Lorgar accepted the responsibility for what might follow.

• Lorgar stood in the Imperial Palace corridor and wondered whether saving Turing had been the right choice despite the possible dangers.
• Anastasia told Lorgar that he had acted because he believed saving his brother was right, not because he had calculated the consequences.
• Lorgar regained his resolve and agreed to follow what he believed was right.
• Malcador asked the Emperor what Lorgar had said to Turing, and the Emperor described it as words between brothers about choices and responses.
• Malcador remarked that the Emperor concealed crucial answers while leaving others free to choose, and the Emperor remained silent.

The Emperor ordered Maccabeus and the captured Eleventh Legion warriors secretly executed, and Lorgar watched them being taken away. The Emperor then asked Lorgar about the Legion’s future, and Lorgar refused to take command, suggesting Roboute Guilliman instead.

• The Emperor ordered the captured Eleventh Legion warriors executed in secret and their gene-seed recovered and purified.
• Lorgar saw Maccabeus being escorted away, and Maccabeus thanked him before disappearing into the shadows.
• The Emperor waited for Lorgar and asked what should be done with the Eleventh Legion, offering to place it under his command.
• Lorgar refused the Legion and suggested Roboute Guilliman and the Ultramarines take it instead.
• Lorgar left after teasing the Emperor about grinning at him, and Malcador told the Emperor he had been grinning ever since Lorgar returned.

Angron ordered Superstar to fire on Novalors in vengeance for what Silverheart had done to Turing. The blast annihilated the planet, its satellites, and Silverheart, leaving only empty space as the fleet confirmed the mission was complete.

• Angron ordered the Combined Fleet to seal Novalors's perimeter and clear a firing lane for Superstar.
• Anastasia reported that the Terra operation had concluded and that Superstar's systems were secured against interference.
• Angron dedicated the attack to Turing and pressed Superstar's firing control.
• Superstar's deep-blue beam pierced Novalors's silver shell and destroyed the planet and Silverheart's substrate.
• A technical officer confirmed that Novalors and its satellites had vanished and the extermination mission was complete.

Lion El'Jonson investigated the Word Bearers' unexplained Superstar weapon and came aboard the Law of Faith to question Lorgar. He found Anastasia, a living Men of Iron intelligence, with Lorgar and was left speechless when she called him dependable and reassuring.

• Lion El'Jonson worried that Lorgar possessed unknown weapons beyond the Superstar and decided to speak with him about their oversight and use.
• Several days after the destruction of Novalors, Lion El'Jonson boarded the Law of Faith with eight Dark Angels Terminators to confront Lorgar.
• Lion El'Jonson entered the bridge lounge and found Lorgar sitting with Anastasia, a humanoid Men of Iron intelligence.
• Anastasia asked Lorgar whether Lion El'Jonson was the dependable elder brother he had described, leaving Lion El'Jonson frozen before he could challenge him.

Lion El'Jonson visited Lorgar to question him about the Superstar, but Lorgar's candid explanation and Anna's presence led Lion to mistake her for Lorgar's sister-in-law. He left convinced the Emperor approved of their relationship and resolved to protect Lorgar from scrutiny.

• Lion El'Jonson questioned Lorgar about the Superstar, and Lorgar explained that the Word Bearers had found it by chance and were keeping it under the Emperor's orders.
• Lorgar offered to share the Superstar or hand it over to the Dark Angels, easing Lion El'Jonson's suspicions.
• Lion El'Jonson asked Anna her name and, seeing her familiarity with Lorgar, called her his sister-in-law.
• Lorgar tried to correct Lion El'Jonson's assumption, but Lion took his response as confirmation and promised to help keep the matter quiet.
• On the return journey, Lion El'Jonson considered confirming the situation with the Emperor and discouraging the Departmento Munitorum from scrutinizing the Seventeenth Legion.

After Lion El'Jonson called Anna Lorgar's sister-in-law, Anna teased Lorgar about it, and the Emperor, Malcador, and Valdor unexpectedly announced that they approved of their marriage. Lorgar denied having feelings for Anna, while the Emperor ended the call after vaguely warning him to prepare for a future favor involving the Primarchs.

• Anna laughed at Lorgar's embarrassed reaction to Lion El'Jonson calling her his sister-in-law, while Lorgar insisted he kept her around for her usefulness.
• As Lorgar returned to his paperwork, the Emperor, Malcador, and Valdor contacted him and declared that they approved of his marriage to Anna.
• Lorgar angrily rejected the idea that he loved Anna and complained about the Emperor inventing a romance instead of sending help with his workload.
• Malcador argued that Lorgar's emotional denial and attempts to change the subject suggested the relationship mattered to him.
• The Emperor asked Lorgar to prepare for an unspecified future favor involving the Primarchs, then ended the transmission before explaining further.