Evan and the Techmarine could do nothing with the Jade Ring before them, so they decided to try a different approach.
Since it showed no reaction beneath the Anti-Psyker Shield, they would have Evan move farther away and ask Librarian Bars to take a look.
Bars was a little tired. Rogier had dragged him all over the ship, claiming there was a strange smell, then wandered into Ternos's kitchen and taken an interest in a few pieces of kolan.
He tasted one and found it unsatisfactory. It was a primitive anesthetic, after all, so he ran off to rummage through the infirmary and stole some medical alcohol while he was there.
Bars had been dragged back and forth by the old wolf without any idea what Rogier was trying to do.
When the order arrived, he let out a long sigh of relief, gathered his things, and headed outside.
Evan had already jumped onto the Battle Barge's outer armor. He secured himself with the magnetic locks on his feet, folded his arms, and looked up at the asteroid overhead, ready to leap at full strength toward the wrecked fighter at any moment.
Bars flew out. As a telekinetic psyker, he could fly under his own power in a weightless environment like this.
"Brother Bars, use your psyker power to examine this Jade Ring. My instruments can't detect anything unusual, but the capabilities it has displayed are terrifying."
"Understood, Techmarine."
Bars enveloped the Jade Ring in psyker power, but every strand that touched it was completely absorbed. No matter how much force he applied, he could not make it float.
"Very strange. This Jade Ring seems capable of absorbing psyker power."
"Record: a substance capable of absorbing psyker power while resisting the approach of a Blank shield."
Bars wanted to try