{"id":649,"date":"2017-04-10T15:36:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T20:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/?p=649"},"modified":"2017-04-10T15:43:25","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T20:43:25","slug":"two-fates-worse-than-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pegasus-gulf.com\/blog\/fluff\/two-fates-worse-than-death","title":{"rendered":"Two Fates Worse Than Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perhaps it passed unseen, perhaps it passed with no one to care for its presence . . .<\/p>\n

but either way, it passed. . .<\/p>\n

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Having been somehow able to send out a distress beacon into space, Mal\u2019Caor and his lost Cadre were delighted to see the gravitic wash of the Orca dropship falling from the skies to extract them. What was left of the recovered Steel Caste Warriors boarded with extreme speed, having been forced to abandon the damaged Broadside and Stealth suits. After the\u00a0earlier encounters with the beast of Titan and the forces of the Imperials, Mal\u2019Caor was lucky to escape with even half of his team alive. As soon as the team\u00a0was aboard the Orca, the doors were closed and it lifted from the atmosphere, once again passing without an issue, the forces present either not seeing or not caring for the tiny dropship as it fled to its mothering Skether\u2019qan-Class Starship.<\/p>\n

The Orca made headway at a rapid pace, and the second the bay doors closed behind it, the Messenger vessel shot away from the system, ensuring its safety through its speed before beginning the journey back to its homeport, Bork\u2019Los, home to the Steel Caste and the birth place of the mighty Steelhoof. Mal\u2019Caor, once aboard, took a deep breath. This was the first time the now grizzled Tak\u2019Vre felt safe in a long time. Soon he would be among his comrades once more, haunted by the events on the moon but comforted by his fellow soldiers around him.<\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to Mal\u2019Caor, his Cadre, the Orca pilot, or anyone else aboard the ship, there was an uninvited guest. The lone spindly creature crawled down from the dropships landing gear, and slipped its way into the ventilation shafts of the advanced vessel. The creature snaked its way through the ship, searching for a\u00a0perfect, singular target to begin its work.<\/p>\n

Mal\u2019caor had unwittingly\u00a0doomed his planet to one of the worst fates imaginable, a death at the claws\u00a0of Hive Fleet Titan.<\/p>\n

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A handful of firewarriors flee to the drop ship, abandoning their last remaining battlesuit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Tezaras reviewed his prizes\u00a0as they shimmered\u00a0back into the webway. Aboard the raiders and venoms of the Kabal sat beings of all shapes and sizes.<\/p>\n

One of their primary catches was a\u00a0large grouping of Tau. The young creatures were most delicious to torture, for they were far too young to know the terrible darkness of the galaxy.<\/p>\n

Tezaras would delight in their suffering, but the blue skinned race was not the only ones taken from the moon. The Imperials proved a bountiful source of slaves as well. Another spectacular catch was a squad of purple clad Adeptus Astartes. The genetically modified super soldiers had been trouble to take alive, but Tezaras and his Kabal\u00a0had managed with minimal losses.\u00a0Alongside the Space Marines were a handful\u00a0of the Adeptus Sororitas, a few cultists of the ruinous powers, and\u00a0a single guardsman from the planet Krieg.<\/p>\n

Curiously, out of all they had attempted to take alive, the guardsmen had proven the\u00a0hardest to capture. Even after being disarmed, the\u00a0squad\u00a0had clawed with their\u00a0nails, bit\u00a0with their teeth, and one had\u00a0even used his own\u00a0arm as a club. The Kriegsmen were truly fanatics, even\u00a0to their last breath.<\/p>\n

But the Imperials were nothing compared to the best catch. A few of Janriss\u2019 corsairs had perished on the moon, but the bodies were young, and barely aged. Those that could be recovered were immediately sent back with as much speed as possible. Tezaras grinned with malice as he thought about it. With any luck they would be revived by the time the Solarite arrived back in the Dark City. The pain of other Eldar was always the most rejuvenating suffering. The Archon had been right. The Dawnbringer Corsairs had paid, whether they intended too or not.<\/p>\n

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The denizens of Commorragh board their vessels and return to the Webway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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