After Evan met up with a fuming Kazhaniv, they raced toward Segmentum Tempestus.
Despite all his haste, Mad Wolf still missed the first battle.
On the way, Evan answered a distress signal from the Imperial Trade Fleet, only to discover that it was a trap. All three ships were crawling with humans parasitized by xenos Zoanthropes.
To Evan, that hardly mattered.
Were there ships? Yes? Then that was good enough.
If you had another eighty or a hundred warships lying in ambush nearby, all the better.
Kazhaniv joined us there. Nian Cijin and his Apothecaries spoke with Situval for a while, confirming the Luna Wolves' entire augmentation process.
Nian Cijin stuffed a mountain of miscellaneous items into the Light of the People's warehouses. They were not merely escorts for trade ships. Occasionally, they also acted as "champions of justice," hunting down xenos pirates, especially the Drukhari.
Nian Cijin reported an encounter with Chaos Aeldari. These precious darlings of Slaanesh, supposedly found only in the depths of the Eye of Terror, were actually roaming beyond the Galaxy. They had most likely transformed from Drukhari who had gone too long without returning to the Webway.
After reporting to Evan, our ever-elusive Commissar hurried off again. His great cause allowed him not a moment's respite.
Then the First Trade Fleet set sail. The two fleets parted ways, and the Light of the People headed ahead to a small outpost in Segmentum Tempestus.
It was a pirate outpost William had established during his days as a pirate king. Few troops had been stationed there.
The Light of the People emerged from a warp rift into a lifeless star system.
William personally opened the gates of the underground outpost, only to find it deserted.
Xiao Lan landed inside the base with the Neophytes and could